Health Technology Research for Women’s Health
Yetika Choudhary
Undergraduate Researcher
Psychology Major (College of Arts & Sciences)
Linda Tial
Undergraduate Researcher
Biology Major (College of Arts & Sciences)
Zaidat Ibrahim
Faculty Mentor
Zaidat Ibrahim (Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering)
Project Description
This project is embedded within the Healthcare Journeys (HCJ) Lab, aims to explore and understand the various facets of women’s health with the goal of designing new technologies to empower and engage women with their health. While there are many ongoing projects within the lab, this project is aimed at understanding the menstrual tracking practices of American Muslim women. We are collecting data to better illuminate how menstrual tracking technologies could be more inclusive of women from a variety of faith-based and cultural backgrounds. Subsequent studies will build on this work to help promote inclusiveness in the design of technologies for women’s health journey.
Technology or Computational Component
I am a Ph.D. student in the ProHealth and Healthcare journey Labs. I have a passion for women’s health work and inclusivity in a human-centered approach to research and design of designing interactive technologies in Women’s Health. In the context of this project, we will focus on data collection, intensive systematic review, study design, and data analysis. An interest in women’s health and a passion for learning are key ingredients if you are going to join this project. Students will be taught and mentored to be good researchers who can apply their skills to future research projects. Students will learn how to plan a research study, apply for IRB approval, conduct pilot studies, collect both qualitative and quantitative data, data analysis, and how to communicate their research findings