Shaan Chopra

I'm a PhD candidate in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, advised by James Fogarty and Sean Munson and with a research focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Health. I use human-centered and participatory approaches to create inclusive and clinically-integrated digital and AI-enabled health technologies for supporting people better track, understand, self-experiment, and act on personal health data across varied goals and contexts.

I have over 9 years of experience in conducting (i) formative studies to identify needs and opportunities, (ii) iterative design and development of prototypes, tools, interfaces, and other presentation formats to support those needs, and (iii) evaluations to examine usage of and inform digital and AI-enabled health tools. I have conducted interviews, co-design sessions, and focus groups with over 270 people, developed interactive visualizations, technology probes, and web tools & interfaces to support personalized health and clinical care, and conducted qualitative & quantitative analyses of survey, interview, app usage, and health record data.

I have worked in clinical and community health settings - examining how people and clinicians engage with health data and technological outputs across a range of contexts (e.g., gendered health-menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome; chronic health-long COVID, migraine, pediatric asthma; AI for personal health informatics). I have collaborated within health systems (UW Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Parkview Health) and interned at Merck Sharp & Dohme, Parkview Research, and ITHS. My research has also led to direct and lasting impact in clinical practice.

To know more, check out my publications and selected projects.