I am a U.S. National Science Foundation GRFP Fellow, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Researcher, and PhD Candidate in the department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University (NU). My work is advised by Maia L. Jacobs in the Personalized & Adaptive Technology for Health (NU-PATH) lab.

I specialize in using Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) methodologies to design and evaluate human-centered Artificial Intelligence(AI)/Machine Learning(ML).

My interdisciplinary doctoral research focuses on developing and applying participatory design methods to co-design ML across different healthcare contexts, emphasizing the perspective of the end user.

More specifically, I investigate how ML-driven interventions for mitigating prenatal stress can be designed from the perspective of the pregnant person. This involves working with the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) to Co-Design Patient-Facing Machine Learning for Prenatal Stress Reduction. I also investigate the use of ML and conversational agents to support community members throughout their cancer journey.

Research interests/experience: Human-Computer Interaction; artificial intelligence/machine learning + design; UX; digital interventions; behavioral science, participatory design methods