Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Title(s)Assistant Adjunct Professor, MED: Pediatrics
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    University of California, IrvineNIH Postdoctoral Fellow03/2021TL-1 Biomedical & Health Informatics
    University of California, IrvinePhD03/2018Education: Human Development in Context
    University of Georgia, AthensM.Ed.08/2004
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    National Science Foundation2021  - 2023National Robotics Initiative
    University of California Office of the President2021  - 2024Multicampus Research Programs & Initiatives

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    Dr. Veronica Ahumada is the director of the Technology and Social Connectedness lab at UC Davis. She is an assistant professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, with a cross appointment at UC Davis' MIND Institute. Ahumada’s work is focused on the use of interactive technologies (e.g., telehealth, telerobots) for improved health, behavioral, and developmental outcomes.

    Ahumada is the principal investigator of a $1 million dollar National Science Foundation, National Robotics Initiative grant, Robot-Mediated Learning: Exploring School-Deployed Collaborative Robots for Homebound Children, to create better telerobots for children who are restricted to their homes due to medical conditions or disabilities. Ahumada is also co-PI on a $1.2 million University of California, Multicampus Research Projects and Initiatives project, Robot-facilitated Health Equity in Post-Pandemic California and Beyond, to create telemanipulation robots for healthcare worker safety and social inclusion of individuals who are at high risk of infection.

    In the past, Ahumada has lead or co-lead grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Health Resources and Services Administration, United States Department of Agriculture (telehealth), Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and the Bainum Family Foundation among others.
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    1. Evaluation of the Toyota Human Support Robot (HSR) for Social Interaction and Learning. Int J Technol Knowl Soc. 2023; 19(1):21-52. Ahumada-Newhart V, Kashyap HJ, Hwu T, Tian Y, Mirzakhanian L, Minton M, Seader S, Hedden S, Moore D, Krichmar JL, Eccles JS. PMID: 37273904; PMCID: PMC10237621.
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    2. Study of Telerobot Personalization for Children: Exploring Qualitative Coding of Artwork. Companion 2023 ACM IEEE Int Conf Hum Robot Interact (2023). 2023 Mar; 2023:536-539. Ahumada-Newhart V, Wood TS, Taylor ER, Johnson FO, Saltzen S, Joshi SS. PMID: 38770242; PMCID: PMC11103963.
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    3. Elevating Strengths and Capacities: The Different Shades of Assets-Based Design in HCI. Interactions (N Y). 2022 Sep-Oct; 29(5):28-33. Wong-Villacres M, Erete S, Gautam A, Ismail A, Kumar N, Pei L, Roldan W, Ahumada-Newhart V, Badillo-Urquiola K, Maya Hernandez J, Poon A, Reynolds-Cuéllar P, Motti VG. PMID: 38666050; PMCID: PMC11045010.
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    4. A Theoretical and Qualitative Approach to Evaluating Children's Robot-Mediated Levels of Presence. Technol Mind Behav. 2020; 1(1). Ahumada-Newhart V, Eccles JS. PMID: 35813448; PMCID: PMC9265209.
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    5. Going to School on a Robot: Robot and User Interface Design Features That Matter. ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact. 2019 Jul; 26(4). Ahumada-Newhart V, Olson JS. PMID: 31692962; PMCID: PMC6830520.
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