We studied the effects of a web-based communication system on missed appointments rates in the healthcare setting in Texas and presented the outcomes at 2021 HSPI conference. linkedin.com/posts/nimahmad…

We employed a wrist-band technology, Empatica E4, to investigate the activities of nurses in 12-hour Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) shifts using machine learning models. linkedin.com/posts/nimahmad…

We shared the outcomes of a mindfulness-based stress reduction course on clinicians’ burnout and stress in a healthcare setting at 2021 HSPI conference. linkedin.com/posts/activity…

An ICU nurse in Idaho spends every day trying to navigate between two worlds. One is a swirl of beeping monitors, masked emotion and death; the other, she says, seems oblivious to the horrors occurring every hour of every day. trib.al/ytLE2zs

As a member of a research team (Farzan Sasangohar, Atiya Dhala, Feibi Zheng, MD, MBA, FACS, Bita Kash, and FaisalMasudMD1) at Houston Methodist Hospital, I am so proud that our article, "Use of telecritical care for family visitation to ICU during the COVID-19…lnkd.in/e8XMiQb

The HFES International Symposium on HF/E in Health Care will be happening on April 12-16th virtually. ACELABTAMU has several poster and oral presentations happening throughout the symposium. Check them out in the ACE Lab presentation schedule below! #ACELabTAMU

International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care has started. I am excited to attend different sessions and meet researchers. Also, I will have two poster presentations related to (1) the application of vICU technology as a communica…lnkd.in/eps6hZa

Great presentation on Education and Simulation by Robyn Clay-Williams. Robyn well explained the application of simulators in healthcare and aviation for the purpose of various evaluations. #healthcare #aviation #education #hfes_hctg #innovation

I will represent the human factors research team at the Center for Outcomes research by two posters: (1) Naturalistic correlational study of stress and its physiological correlates in an Intensive Care Unit (ICUs) (2) Utilizing virtual ICU for family vi…lnkd.in/eyiu7_4

Today I had a presentation, titled "Naturalistic Evaluation of Workload and Stress Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses" at the Tobii webinar. Special thanks to Marisa Biondi, Ph.D., Lisa Sterner, Anna Bergvall for their invitation and hosting the Webinar. I…lnkd.in/eTPDvw3f

My paper, "Improving the tactical scanning of student pilots: A gaze-based training intervention for transition from visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions", was accepted in the journal of Applied Ergonomics and is…lnkd.in/eYRjc5fq lnkd.in/easmVbfh

Check out this publication on Quantifying #OccupationalStress in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: An Applied Naturalistic Study of Correlations Among Stress, Heart Rate, Electrodermal Activity, and Skin Temperature led by Nima Ahmadi! Link: lnkd.in/eA2H9mvD #HumanFactors

ICU working environment is stressful and is characterized by continuous background noise and alarms of ICU devices. In 12 hours working shifts, ICU nurses deal with emotional strain, elevated physical and cognitive workloads. To shed light on nurses' acti…lnkd.in/ekhr2nMG

I would like to thank my colleagues— namely Dr. Farzan Sasangohar., and his research team (ACE Lab TAMU)— and the leadership (Dr. Bita Kash) at the Center for Outcomes Research (COR), Houston Methodist (Houston Methodist) for their support and guidance in…lnkd.in/esyR9XGU

In this paper, I collaborated with researchers at Houston Methodist to evaluate the mental and physiological stress of ICU nurses during 12-hour working shifts using Empatica E4—a wristband technology— and Tobii Pro Glasses 2—a head-mounted eye-tracking d…lnkd.in/eMiuHG79

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have developed an accessible way to make N95 face masks not only effective barriers to germs, but on-contact germ killers. news.rpi.edu/content/2022/0…

Support the Women of Iran who are fighting for their #liberty! #MahsaAmini #WomensRights

A great week at HFES - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting is over; I had the pleasure to represent our research team and share our experience of (1) adopting a new communication system to reduce no-show visits at a large healthcare settin…lnkd.in/eaGMrBp8

Hello everyone! I am excited to share that I recently attended the HFES Healthcare Conference 2023 in Orlando, Florida. The conference was a great opportunity to learn about the latest developments in healthcare and human factors engineering. During the…lnkd.in/dn7eFB5X

There’s robust evidence that for your average worker with a sedentary job, little breaks can have a big impact ti.me/3G1utIQ