Projects

Our projects focus on the design, development, and evaluation of interactive tools that aim to positively shape human behavior through a user-empowerment approach. Our research spans multiple domains, methods, populations, contexts, and interaction paradigms. Each project is therefore tagged to reflect what problems it targets and which sociotechnical approaches we employ to develop solutions, as well as who might use or be impacted by such engineered technologies, where that technology would be used, and how people will interact with and through the technology. To filter to projects that are recruiting, use the toggle to the left. You can express interest in getting involved in those projects by filling out our recruiting form: dartgo.org/empowerlab-apply.

Active Projects

The lab is currently focused on the following projects. Click on a project for more details, including associated people, publications, and recruiting opportunities.

Learnersourcing for AI literacy

games & play

narrative

user study

MusicalPT

2022 - Present

music

lab experiments

smartphones

recruiting

Prepping for Infant Care

2025 - Present

expecting parents

FITL

2022 - Present

Dementia Care

Human-Computer Interaction

Overprescription

2023 - Present

psychiatry

psychopharmacology

patients

Weight & Wellness

2022 - Present

health

equity and ethics

people with obesity

Maternal Mental Health

2023 - Present

mental health

patients

clinical

DoulaConnect

maternal health

doula care

expectant mothers

Collaborations

We are involved in the following projects that are led by collaborators across institutions.

Perfecto

2021 - Present

physical activity

health behavior change

Latinx populations

AI-Assisted Healthcare

2017 - Present

healthcare

hand hygiene

aging-in-place

Goal-concordant Cancer Care

cancer care

decision support

patients

Heat Interventions

environmental health

climate & heat

low-income communities

WellSis

women's health

mental health

women

RealVision

accessibility

vision

Classmoji

education

coding education

students

Urban Alchemy

community health

social services

Care Insights

2022 - 2025

Dementia Care

Human-Centered Design

AI-Enabled Care

Smart Cavity Creator

dental health

dentists

patients

Joshua Levy Cancer Diagnostics

cancer diagnostics

patients

Katie Lichter

health

Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist (COAPS)

mental health

peer support

older adults

Technology to Support Individuals with Bipolar

2012 - Present

mental health

visualization

Hybrid Physical-Digital Spaces (HPDS)

2020 - Present

human health

environmental sustainability

built environment

WhoIsZuki

2017 - Present

health

behavior change

physical activity

Pixel4Pixel

2019 - Present

mood tracking

interviews

surveys

Archived Projects

While the lab is no longer actively working on the following projects, we remain interested in these topics and are happy to discuss opportunities to take these ideas in new directions.