Author: webates

The project seeks to design and evaluate highly realistic virtual healthcare environments so that children scheduled for gastro-intestinal (GI) procedures and their parents can experience visual and auditory environments that they will encounter on the day of surgery. The overall goal of the project is to help pediatric patients and their parents overcome the environmental triggers of anxiety and stress prior to surgery. Through VR, these patients and their parents gain firsthand experiences of preoperative, operative, and postoperative environments they will encounter on the day of their procedure. Additionally, their input about the rooms they experience will help in the design of future surgery environments. Collaborators: Prisma Health and Clemson University. PI: Anjali Joseph. Project period: 2021-2022 

The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT) research team is working on a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant with Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Jackie Cha entitled, “Adapting to the Future of Robotic Surgery: Understanding Training and Design Environments for Human-Robot Teams.” The major goals of this NSF funded project include developing a framework for designing work and workplaces to support the future of robotic surgery. Project period: 2022-2023

The project seeks to design patient rooms for IU Health that better meet the needs of and improve safety for both patients and staff. IU Health is the largest network of physicians in the state of Indiana, offering a unique partnership with Indiana University School of Medicine, one of the nation’s leading medical schools. Project period: 2022-2023