Emma is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student working to bridge the gender health gap by creating technologies to improve women's health. Her current research focuses on the pressing needs and challenges within maternal health and how to leverage human-centered design to improve patient clinical outcomes.
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Projects
JITAI for Mental Health
Delivering just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent mental health
Prepping for Infant Care
Empowering expecting parents to gain essential knowledge and hands-on experience in newborn care.
AI Infrastructure for Person-Centered Dementia Care
DoulaConnect
Supporting Mothers in Rural New England Through a Text-Messaging Intervention Addressing Postpartum Depression
Maternal Mental Health
Enhancing postpartum depression care using mobile technology, wearables, and user-centered design to improve early diagnosis and treatment.
Publications
Family In The Loop: Enabling Family Involvement and Person-Centered Dementia Care at Long-Term Care Facilities with Collaborative AI Tools
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW)
Wearable Biosensors for Early Detection and Continuous Monitoring of Postpartum Depression: A Human-Centered Approach
In the news
Empower Lab at CHI 2026
Emma accepted into the Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Digital Health (DIADH) 2026!
Liz presents at the SYNERGY series
Emma receives award at MedTech Conference
Emma advances to PhD candidacy
Liz and Emma present at inaugural DCIS summit
Emma travels to Garmin Health Summit
Emma passes her Oral Qualifying Exams
Emma attends the 2025 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women in Denver, CO.
Emma presents at BME poster session
Emma attends NSBE conference
Dylan and Emma welcome new PhD Innovation cohort
Emma designs Roche & Genentech’s Award Video
Empower Lab attends the CHI 2024 Conference
Empower Lab participates in Engineering Open House
Emma receives Neukom Institute for Computational Science Travel Grant