In 2018, lab members authored eight new journal publications and nine conference papers! See them here.

HIL members Dr. Holden and Carly Daley presented 1 podium talk, 1 poster, 2 panels, and hosted the Town Hall on Patient-Centered Human Factors and Ergonomics. Dr. Holden also spoke at the 1st Year Participants meeting and Student Career Day.

On July 1, 2018, Dr. Holden joined the IU School of Medicine as Associate Professor of Medicine, in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Holden also joins the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Aging Research (IUCAR) as an Investigator. Dr. Holden was formerly an affiliate scientist at IUCAR. Dr. Holden's new office is in the Regenstrief building, Room RF421, 1101 W 10th Street.

The Health Innovation lab will be attending the 2019 HFES Healthcare Symposium. The symposium will take place in Chicago, IL from March 24 to March 27. 

Dr. Holden was elected at-large member to the HFES Executive Council following the 2017 election.

Dr. Holden will co-organize a panel on "The Role of the Patient in Patient Safety" at the 2018 HFES Healthcare Symposium, taking place March 26-28 in Boston, MA.

Robin Mickelson won the 2017 Chapanis Best Student Paper Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) for "Capturing the Medication Management Work System of Older Adults Using a Digital Diary Method," coauthored by Dr. Holden. Awarded since 1969, the Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award is given annually to the best student paper submitted to the HFES annual meeting.

Dr. Holden will announce the winner of this year's HFES Mobile Health Student Design Competition at the 2018 HFES Healthcare Symposium, taking place this year on March 26-28 in Boston, MA. The annual competition rewards students and student teams for projects using human factors methods in the healthcare space with several cash prizes. More information about the competition can be found on the HFES website.

Dr. Holden has been named editor of Ergonomics, a journal publishing high-quality human factors-related research. The current editorial board of Ergonomics can be consulted on its website.

Dr. Holden, director of the Health Innovation Lab (HIL), will be at CHIM'18 (Consumer Health Informatics in the Midwest) to give a talk about minimally disruptive remote health data collection using portable activity tracking, passive sensing, and smart buttons. Additionally, Victor Cornet, HIL Ph.D. student, will be presenting a poster about his dissertation proposal.