Department

Health & Wellness Design

Education

• Purdue University, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 2019

• Purdue University, M.S. Industrial Engineering, 2017

• Toronto Metropolitan University, B.Eng. Aerospace Engineering, minor Psychology, 2015

Background

Google Scholar profile (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nE_OAmoAAAAJ&hl=en)

Grants

NIH/NIA R01: I-CARE2 RCT: Mobile Telehealth to Reduce Alzheimer’s-related Symptoms for Caregivers and Patients (Role: Co-I)

Indiana CTSI/CTR: OTC Senior Station: A Consumer Facing Technology to Improve Medication Safety of Older Adults (Role: Co-Author, Project Manager)

Scholarly Interests

Dr. Hill is a human factors engineer and systems thinker with a passion for using technology to solve complex problems.  Her research applies systems engineering principles to understand and assess the needs of users and she employs human-centered design techniques to create technological interventions that meet those needs.  She is especially interested in engaging technology users as co-designers of these technologies.

Dr. Hill’s current research focuses on promoting healthy aging, including using technology to support informal caregivers of people with dementia and to assist older adults in making safe medication decisions.  She has adapted existing human factors methodologies to be performed remotely with older adults to enable their increased inclusion in research.

Selected Publications

Articles

Hill, J. R., Min, E. E., Abebe, E. & Holden, R. J. (2023). Telecaregiving for Dementia: A Mapping Review of Technological and Nontechnological Interventions. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad026

Hill, J. R., Harrington, A. B., Adeoye, P., Campbell, N. L., & Holden, R. J. (2021). Going remote: Demonstration and evaluation of remote technology delivery and usability assessment with older adults. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 9(3), e26702.

Hill, J. R., Brown, J. C., Campbell, N. L., & Holden, R. J. (2021). Usability-In-Place—Remote Usability Testing Methods for Homebound Older Adults: Rapid Literature Review. JMIR Formative Research, 5(11), e26181.

Abebe, E., Campbell, N. L., Clark, D. O., Tu, W., Hill, J. R., Harrington, A. B., O’Neal, G., Trowbridge, K. S., Vallejo, C., Yang, Z., Bo, N., Knight, A., Alamer, K. A., Carter, A., Valenzuela, R., Adeoye, P., Boustani, M. A., & Holden, R. J. (2021). Reducing anticholinergic medication exposure among older adults using consumer technology: Protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 17, 986-992.

Hill, J. R., Visweswaran, S., Ning, X., & Schleyer, T. K. (2021). Use, impact, weaknesses, and advanced features of search functions for clinical use in electronic health records: A scoping review. Applied Clinical Informatics, 12(3), 417-428.

Books

Holden, R. J., Abebe, E., Hill, J. R., Brown, J., Savoy, A., Voida, S., Jones, J. F., & Kulanthaivel, A. (2022). Human Factors Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction: Supporting User Performance and Experience.  In J. T. Finnell & B. E. Dixon (Eds.), Clinical Informatics Study Guide (pp. 119–132). Springer, Cham.