The preconference online event is an opportunity for participants who are unable to attend in person to present and engage with the community. It will take place ahead of the main onsite conference on June 1, 6-8am PT, 9:00-11:00 ET, 15:00-17:00 CEST, 18:30-20:30 IST, 23:00-1:00 AEST. Simply go to zoom registration page to ensure you get the link to join us online.

This preconference event will start with a keynote by Ann Blandford, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at University College London.

Professor Blandford is a veteran researcher at the intersection of HCI and Health and will regale us with her research tales, triumphs, and tribulations. We will then have an exciting hour of breakout presentations with a moderated panel and opportunity to get to know the folks in our nascent but growing Interactive Health community.

Join us in this endeavour to increase accessibility and broaden participation across geographic and logistical constraints!

The times below are in WEST (UTC +1) - Porto, Portugal. Convert to your timezone here.

14h00 > 14h10 - Opening Remarks

14h10 > 14h55 - Keynote by Ann Blandford

14h55 > 15h55 - Presentations in breakout sessions for community engagement

15h55 > 16h00 - Closing Remarks

Breakout sessions will be divided into topics and include presentations.

Working at the Interface Between HCI and Health: Tales of Challenges and Triumphs

Ann Blandford - Professor at University College London

Abstract

Novel technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, telemedicine, robotics, wearables and more, offer huge promises in healthcare – for use by clinicians, patients or both together. Yet many design concepts that look great on paper or in localised settings fail to scale up into impactful clinical practice. In this talk, I will reflect on experiences of working with interdisciplinary teams on various health technology projects.

These teams have involved clinicians, patients, engineers, entrepreneurs, epidemiologists and health economists as well as HCI specialists. I will draw on examples to discuss some of the challenges as well as the triumphs and present lessons learned from working in multi-disciplinary teams. These include lessons about design processes, involving users, dealing with regulations and simply working with people who have different backgrounds and values to your own. By building on these experiences, we improve the likelihood of designing and deploying healthcare technologies that are truly impactful.

Bio

Ann Blandford is Professor of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) at University College London. She is also a member of the ACM CHI Academy and recipient of an IFIP TC13 Pioneer award. She has led many research projects on the design of systems to support people managing individuals’ health. She works closely with patients, clinicians, and healthcare engineers, in both the UK and internationally. Her current projects address a range of health and wellbeing challenges. She has published widely on the design and use of interactive health technologies, and on how technology can be designed to better support people’s needs and values, recognising that people are living complex lives and often managing complex health conditions.

Presenters of each paper are displayed in bold. Papers are presented back-to-back, followed by a discussion in the format of a panel, where presenters are the panelists. The audience can ask questions during the panel-style discussion.

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AI and patients

Session chair: Denis Gracanin (Virginia Tech, United States)

Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of AI-Mediated Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department
Hasibur Rahman (Northeastern University, United States), Kenji Numata (Sei Marianna Ika Daigaku, Japan), Evelyn Lai (Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States), Maria Cheriyan (Harvard College, United States), Adrian Haimovich (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States), Kei Ouchi (Harvard Medical School, United States), Smit Desai (Northeastern University, United States)

From Scripted Responses To Therapeutic Dialogue: A Linguistic And Human Values Analysis Of Mental Health Chatbots
Maleeha Sheikh (Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States), Chao Chen (Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States), MD Romael Haque (Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States)

Evaluating the Evaluator: LLM Evaluators for Patient-Facing AI Agents
Angela Mastrianni (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, United States), Katerina Andreadis (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, United States), Ji Chen (NYU Langone Health, United States), Danissa Rodriguez (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, United States), Devin Mann (New York University, United States)

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Frameworks for Design
Session chair: Eszter Vigh (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

AlcoCircle: Framework for Alcohol Tracking Applications
Eszter Vigh (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Rachel Eardley (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Embracing the Patient-as-Client Framework to Redesign the American Healthcare System
Eszter Vigh (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Russell Brown (Independent Scholar, United States)

Embed, Don’t Isolate: Designing Holistic Dashboards for Stigma-Sensitive Parent Communication
Ali Rizvi (Bodhika Labs, India)

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Health Information

Session chair: Champika Epa Ranasinghe (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Going Online for Answers: How Transmasculine Individuals Navigate Sexual Education
Forum Modi (Indiana University Bloomington, United States), Patrick Shih (Indiana University, United States)

EndoExtract: Co-Designing Structured Text Extraction from Endometriosis Ultrasound Reports
Haiyi Li (University of Adelaide, Australia), Yiyang Zhao (Adelaide University, Australia), Yutong Li (University of Adelaide, Australia), Alison Deslandes (Robinson Research Institute, Australia), Jodie Avery (Adelaide University, Australia), Mary Hull (Robinson Research Institute, Australia), Hsiang-Ting Chen (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Exploring the Use of AI-based Chatbots to Help Support Armed Forces Veterans’ Mental Health
Maheen Ashraf (Swansea University, United Kingdom), Deepak Sahoo (Swansea University, United Kingdom), Juan Maestre (Swansea University, United Kingdom)

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Sociotechnical Systems

Session chair: Silja Vase (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Clinician Perspectives on Generative AI Integration in Bangladesh’s Healthcare Workflows: A Brief Study
Azmine Toushik Wasi (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), Mahir Khan (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), Rahatun Nesa Priti (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), Abdur Rahman (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), Mst Rafia Islam (Independent University, Bangladesh, Bangladesh), Miskat Tahmin Ali (Army Medical College, Bangladesh)

Human-AI Interaction in Low-Tech, Low-Resource Healthcare Systems
Azmine Toushik Wasi (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), Mahdiya Rahman Sukanya (Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Sociotechnical Challenges of Machine Learning in Healthcare and Social Welfare
Tyler Reinmund (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Lars Kunze (University of the West of England, United Kingdom), Marina Jirotka (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

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VR/AR/Games

Session chair: Novia Wong (University of California, Irvine, United States)

Therapy Island: Translating Worksheet-Based CBT Micro-Skills into Therapist-Mediated Virtual Reality
Sampada Bhatnagar (Indiana University Indianapolis, United States), Chia-Fang Chung (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States), Hee-Tae Jung (Indiana University Indianapolis, United States)

Embodied Traditions: Designing Tailored Exergames with Cultural Festival Narratives
Hildegardo Noronha (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal), Eva Freitas (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal), Cíntia França (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal), ÉlvioRubio Gouveia (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal), Pedro Campos (ITI / LARSyS, Portugal), Mara Dionisio (Universidade da Madeira, Portugal)

Designing for Social-Emotional Learning in Middle School: Lessons from Iterative Development of FUSE, an Augmented Reality Game Platform
Shaundra B Daily (KidzHack, LLC, United States), Wanda Eugene (KidzHack, LLC, United States), Christin Shelton (KidzHack, LLC, United States), Sandra Roach (KidzHack, LLC, United States)

Design Guidelines for Game-Based Refresher Training of Community Health Workers in Low-Resource Contexts
Arka Majhi (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India), Aparajita Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India), Satish B. Agnihotri (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)