Gillian Hayes
Kleist Professor in Informatics, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
UCI
WHY: Research areas include computer-supported cooperative work, health informatics, human-computer interaction.
IN THE NEWS: Speaker during the Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year Awards.
NOTABLE: Has been able to make headway addressing difficult questions in areas as diverse as autism, asthma, premature infancy and cancer.
QUOTABLE: “Current health technologies don’t handle children very well. They miss the complexity of a rapidly evolving patient and all of the concerns that surface when treating patients who may not be able to speak for themselves.”