She is director of the Design and Technologies for Healthy Aging and head of the D-Matters Studio Lab housed at the Center for Assistive Technologies and Environmental Access. Her focus is on intergenerational design, communication technologies and healthy aging with special emphasis on exercising inclusive design, tangible interfaces/physical computing and participatory design methods. Her interests are in application areas tailored to healthy aging with an emphasis on humanizing technology by design, empowering the user and celebrating the value of simplicity and tangibility in product interactions.