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.

“Understanding the Challenges to Robotic-Assisted Surgery Adoption from the perspectives of the Human-Interaction, Built Environment, and Training”

Alec Gonzales was awarded the Student Development Award.

Patrick Fuller was awarded the Jeanine Anthony Bowen ’89 Graduate Fellow Award.

“Application of an Information Gain Model in a Motor Learning Task: An Application in a Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Task”