My research contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and health informatics by examining the social and organizational contexts of health information systems and lived experiences of health datafication. As an interpretivist researcher, I draw together ethnographic methods, theory, and human-centered approaches design to examine people’s everyday health practices and explore the possibilities (and critical dependencies) that come with using health information and technology in diverse social worlds.
I am involved in a number of research projects and collaborations exploring care work, health datafication, and automated technologies. Current projects include the Algorithmic Care Project, a sociotechnical study of the lived experience of AI-mediated health technologies; Social Impacts of AI, interdisciplinary work with colleagues at AI Now Institute looking at social/ethical impacts and accountability for AI technologies, and DIY Health, an ongoing ethnography of do-it-yourself (DIY) and open source health collectives. Past research projects with colleagues from the University of Michigan include: Community Health Infrastructures, a study that investigated patient and clinician experiences of behavioral health in the city of Jackson, Michigan; Caregiving Logics, a study that examined the informational and emotional needs of caregivers for pediatric bone marrow transplant patients; and Health Information Translations a study of personal health information management practices of people living with diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease in Flint, Michigan.
