Wan Jou (Lavender) She

As a Ph.D. level UX researcher, I specialize in conducting research and implementing advanced techniques to develop and maintain healthcare apps. Specifically, I focus on fine tuning language models and implementing the model to develop healthcare apps. Some representative projects include:

• Living Memory Home (Funded by NIMH R21, US/CHI’19): a natural language processing system that can detect suicidal ideation among mourners by analyzing their text entries.
• P2S (Best Poster Paper in IUI 2023): a peer-based recommendation algorithm that matches people with similar mental health concerns to promote mutual support.
• EmplifAI (Awarded Young Researcher Grant 2023 from JSPS, Japan): an empathetic chatbot that provides medical advice and support to cancer survivors in an emotionally sensitive manner.
• Here/Hear (Awarded 2022 Meta AR/VR Policy Research Grant): a metaverse experience designed for visually impaired users.

Employment History (Academia):

• Apr 2022 to date, Assistant Professor in Social Computing Lab
  Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
• Jun 2018 to Mar 2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Medicine
  Weill Cornell Medicine, United States

Employment History (Industry):

• Sep 2020 to date, UX Advisor and Assistant Manager for Software Engineering
  Gamma Paradigm, United States
• Mar 2018 – Apr 2021, UX Lead & Software Engineer
  Everduit (Software Defined Drone as a Service), United States

Education:

• Jun 2015–Feb 2018, PhD in Designed Intelligence
  Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Feb 2013– Apr 2015, Doctoral Researcher in Design Aesthetics, Industrial Design Engineering
  Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Sep 2009 – Jun 2012, Master of Arts in Creative Industries Design
  National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan