Wendy Rogers, Ph.D.

Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D., is the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.   Her primary appointment is in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.  She has an appointment in Educational Psychology and is an affiliate of the Beckman Institute; Illinois Informatics Institute; Center for Social and Behavioral Science; and the Discovery Partners Institute.  She is a Certified Human Factors Professional (BCPE Certificate #1539).  She is the Director of the McKechnie Family LIFE Home; the Health Technology Education Program; Program Director of CHART (Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, and Technology); and Director of the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory.  Her research interests include design for aging; technology acceptance; human-automation interaction; aging-in-place; human-robot interaction; aging with disabilities; cognitive aging; skill acquisition; and training.  Dr. Rogers’ research is funded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute on Aging and through the National Institute of Nursing Research.  In addition, her work is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.