Health Innovation & Technology Research

Leveraging Lehigh’s traditional technology strengths, our Health Innovation & Technology research aims to develop diagnostics, devices, and data analytics to improve health outcomes. Members of our faculty are working on projects that span from assistance in health-related decision making using data, creating and deploying technologies like sensors and wearables that generate appropriate health data, to evaluating human-computer interactions as applied to health technologies. Through their work, our faculty are combining the areas of information science, perception and cognition, biomechanics, and computer science to effectively promote healthy lifestyles and improve quality of life. 

Our faculty use simulations, metacognitive tools, digital health wearables, and AR/VR to develop a range of innovative technologies aimed at improving health outcomes and accessibility. In addition to wayfinding tools, they create advanced health intervention and medical education technologies that address challenges faced by diverse populations. By examining human-computer interactions in real-life contexts, our researchers drive advancements in accessible health solutions and real-time behavioral intervention tools, enhancing both individual and community health.

Faculty who work in this area at Lehigh has led to the development of groundbreaking software such as The Open Dynamic Interaction Network (ODIN) platform, a remarkable interface tool that diminishes limitations in study methodology to contextually assess human behaviors that are often unobservable or unquantifiable by researchers. MABLE, another example of a faculty-led project in this area, uses an integration of Artificial Intelligence, building modeling, and consumer electronics, such as cell phones, to create an indoor mapping interface for those with visual or mobility impairments.