Research Laboratories
Technology and Social Connectedness Lab
Technology-Mediated Health
TASC Lab
Welcome to the TASC Lab
The Technology and Social Connectedness (TASC) Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory consisting of researchers from medicine, health informatics, behavioral science, computer science, robotics, learning sciences, and the technology industry, at the University of California, Davis.
Through our transdisciplinary work on technology-mediated health and human development, we explore the role of social connectedness for improved health and behavioral outcomes. The TASC lab has collaborators across UC Davis from the School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Center for Health and Technology, MIND Institute, Child Development and Behavior, Department of Computer Science, and the College of Engineering.
In the News
Robot researcher receives early career tech award
Verónica Ahumada, Ph.D., director of the Technology and Social Connectedness Lab at UC Davis, receives the Early Career Award at the 2022 EDGE in Tech Initiative Athena Awards.
Human-robot interaction expertise comes to UC Davis
Verónica Ahumada’s research projects explore robot-mediated learning for children with medical conditions, disabilities and increase health care worker safety.
Dream Machine
In a few classrooms, robots attend for children ailing at home. A researcher wants to know how to make the devices better. — Article in Science online, February 10, 2022.
Get in Touch
Contact the Lab
We are a collaborative, interdisciplinary team of researchers and welcome other researchers interested in technology-mediated health and human development, especially as it relates to the role of social connectedness for improved health and behavioral outcomes.
If you interested in this type of research, please feel free to reach our lab by email, sharing your research interests and expertise.
The TASC Lab
Center for Health and Technology
4610 X Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
