Julie Robillard

Dr. Julie Robillard leads the Neuroscience, Engagement and Smart Tech (NEST) lab within UBC Neurology and BC Children’s & Women’s (C&W) Hospitals. Dr. Robillard brings her background in neuroscience and biomedical ethics to the evaluation and development of novel technologies to support brain health across the lifespan. A particular interest of her research is the integration of emotion modeling in a wide range of technologies, from eHealth resources to mobile apps. More recently, she secured one of the inaugural New Frontiers in Research grants to co-create novel social robotics solutions. Together with her team and through international interdisciplinary collaborations, she is exploring co-creation processes, development and applications of social robots in both older adult and youth populations.

Dr. Robillard is passionate about patient engagement and in her role as a scientist in patient experience, she is working with a number of groups at C&W and UBC to advance the capture, analysis and improvement of patient experience in both research and care. She is interested in using technology to provide novel means of engagement and patient experience evaluation strategies.