Fired Up About Stress
Last week we attended the Indiana CTSI (Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute) Annual Meeting to host a booth about Research Jam. Here at Research Jam, we believe that showing is …
Listening to patients and talking to doctors: a case for design in medicine & a call to action
This refereed paper from the AIGA Design Educator’s Conference in 2014 gives an overview of the philosophy and working process of Research Jam from our early old days when we …
Identifying patient‐centered outcomes for children with cancer and their caregivers when they seek care in the emergency department
Research Jam partnered with Dr. Emily Mueller to explore what’s important to children with cancer and their caregivers when they seek care in the emergency department. Read the paper here. …
Creation of a Decision Support Tool for Expectant Parents Facing Threatened Periviable Delivery: Application of a User-Centered Design Approach.
Research Jam worked with Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds and her team to develop a decision-support tool to help mothers, their partners, and medical providers decide the best medical care plan …
Assessment of the Effects of Pediatric Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on Family Stress and Well-Being: Development of the IMPACT 1.0 Scale.
Research Jam teamed up with Dr. Nerissa Bauer to better understand how pediatric ADHD affects everyday life for the child and the child’s family. Using this new knowledge, Dr. Bauer …
Phase I of the Detecting and Evaluating Childhood Anxiety and Depression Effectively in Subspecialties (DECADES) Study: Development of an Integrated Mental Health Care Model for Pediatric Gastroenterology
Research Jam just published a paper with researcher and pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. William Bennett and his team about our recent project. We worked with adolescents with various GI conditions and …
Design Thinking is BS?
I’ve been on an emotional rollercoaster following my first read of an article, Design Thinking is B.S. by Natasha Jen (and watching the connected video). A gut reaction to protect …
Handy guide to empathy
Sometimes family—even family you love—can be the worst. Your mom is always on your case, your kid never does his homework without being reminded, your significant other is forever leaving …
The MEDiC Kit: A toolkit to help patients with at-home MRSA treatment
The MEDiC Kit was developed as a part of the MRSA Eradication and Decolonization in Children (MEDiC) study conducted by Dr. Paul Musey, Jr, Dr. Matthew Landman, and Dr. Aaron …
If the public understood you, would they have that look on their face?
Last fall, my Mom told me about a new book that she thought I’d be interested in reading. She said, “It’s all about getting scientists to talk about their work …