Dr. Veronica Newhart is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the NIH-Funded, Institute of Clinical Translational Science TL-1 Training Program. She is conducting research with Drs. Jacquelynne Eccles, School of Education, and Dr. Jeff Krichmar, Department of Cognitive Sciences. She received her Ph.D. from UCI in 2018; her research interests include telepresence, child health & human development, virtual inclusion, human-computer interaction (HCI), human-robot interaction (HRI), and emerging technologies that facilitate improved health, development, and social connectedness. As a School of Education graduate student, Veronica received the UC President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship and was a UC Distinguished Public Impact Fellow.
Her proposed research will examine how interactions via telepresence and human service robots allow home- and hospital-bound populations to maintain social connectedness and engage in technology-mediated experiences that contribute to improved health outcomes.
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