Title: Designing for Diagnostic Self-Tracking
Advisor: James Fogarty
Supervisory Committee: James Fogarty (Chair), Sean Munson (HCDE), Julie Kientz (HCDE), Wanda Pratt (iSchool), and Anind Dey (GSR, iSchool)
Abstract:
My dissertation research will explore the design of diagnostic self-tracking tools in the context of chronic health management. In my prior research, I have developed a framework for designing tools that support such diagnostic self-tracking. I then adopted the framework to build TummyTrials, an app that supports patients with irritable bowel syndrome in determining their personalized food triggers. This work surfaced challenges and opportunities diagnostic self-tracking tools face in integrating with the day to day life of patients. For the next part of my dissertation, I propose expanding my work to the domain of end-stage liver diseases or cirrhosis, a condition which lacks any specialized self-tracking tools for patients. My dissertation will surface the challenges and opportunities of integrating diagnostic self-tracking tools in the at-home self-management of patients with different chronic conditions and contribute design recommendations towards the development of future tools.