Presented “Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Non-Technical Skills and Technical Leadership Skills During Simulated Critical Care Scenarios” during the IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics & Human Factors Invited Research Showcase at the 2026 IISE Annual Conference & Expo.
Jackie Cha moderates a panel on “Ethics of Using Data from Semi-Automated Surgical Robots” at the International Symposium of Medical Robotics 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/ismr2026ethicsworkshop
Undergraduate researchers presented at the 28th annual Undergraduate Symposium on April 17, 2026. https://ugradsymposium.wisc.edu/ Bohan Jia and Seba Al Tawfiq – “Hacked on the Table: Cognitive and Communication Responses to Simulated Cyberattacks in Surgery” Annika Alva and Dhruv Vir – “Solving the Spatial Puzzle: How Team Positioning Predicts Performance in Robotic-Assisted Surgery” Harvey Ji – …
Jackie Cha co-chairs Healthcare Robotics Summit at the HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES) in Health Care on March 22, 2026, in New York, New York. She also presented, “SAGES Tool for Assessing Robotic Surgery Systems (STARSS).” https://www.hfes.org/Events/Health-Care-Symposium/Program/Healthcare-Robotics-Summit
Gonzales, A., Jackson, C., & Cha, J. (2025). Extended reality as a modality to train non-technical skills in healthcare: A scoping review. Applied Ergonomics, 125, 104463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104463
Fuller P,. Kennedy S,. Ball M., Duffie H., Gainey M., Luo Q., Joseph A., Carbonell A., Cha, J. S. (2025). Understanding the challenges of robotic-assisted surgery adoption: Perspectives from stakeholders and the general population on human-interaction, built environment, and training. Applied Ergonomics, 122, 104403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104403
Matthew Ball awarded 2024 HFES Training TG Best Poster Award for “An Information Theoretic Approach to Understanding the Information Gain During Laparoscopic Motor Skill”.
Alec Gonzales awarded 2024 HFES Augmented Cognition TG Student Grant Award for “Bridging the Gap between Trainee and Expert Mental Models for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tasks”.
The Robert L. Wears early career award aims to highlight the achievements of academics and practitioners in the first six years from graduation.