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
Alec Gonzales received his PhD from Clemson University on December 17, 2025. He began his PhD program in August 2021 and has since then published 10 peer-reviewed articles, presented 10 oral and 23 poster presentations at local and international conferences, and mentored 18 undergraduate and graduate students.
PhD candidate Patrick Fuller received the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Member with Honors award the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting. For more information,
At the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting, PhD student Patrick Fuller presented two lectures titled “Survey-Informed Systems Framework for Robotic-Assisted Surgery Cybersecurity” (left) and “Identifying and Assessing Nontechnical Skills in Robotic Surgery: A Task Analysis Approach” (right). PhD student Matthew Ball …
At the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting, Dr. Jackie Cha moderated the discussion panel, “Augmented Cognition Meets AI: Enhancing Human Performance with Real-Time, Adaptive, and Trustworthy Intelligence” and led a lecture as session chair for “Occupational Ergonomics 4: Workplace Wellbeing: Addressing Physical and Non-Physical Challenges”.
On August 18th, 2025, Alec Gonzales successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Decision-making training of minimally invasive surgical skills“.
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