Dr. Joan Cahill
Visiting Research Fellow, Psychology
Biography
Joan has worked as a Senior Researcher and Principal Investigator with the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS, formerly APRG) since 2005.
Joan's current project include: (1) Intelligent Work (Enterprise Ireland, IPP), (2) Pilot Lived Experience (Enterprise Ireland, Commercialization Fund), (3) European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Wellbeing Hub, (4), Wellbeing & Lived Experience Project & (5) The Human Factors & Ethics Canvas (HFEC).
Past projects include:
(6) PPE Safe (SFI, COVID Rapid Response Fund), (7) Personal Electronic Records of Medications (PERM) PERM: A Rapid Realist Review (Meath Foundation), (8) Household medication practices & safety during Covid-19 (HRB), (9) Flight Safety Foundation Wellbeing Guide, (10) Smart Mobility Initiative for Lower Emissions (SMILE) (SFI), (11) Assisted Living (Industry funding: Oneview Healthcare), (12) Assisted Driving (SFI & Industry Funding/Mazda), (13) New Technology to Enhance Patient Experience and Staff Professionalism in Oncology Pathways (Industry funding: Oneview Healthcare & NHS), (14) Surgical Safety Checklist, (15) Surface Obstacle Collision Avoidance Incident Analysis (Industry funding: Boeing), (16) APIMOD Project (FP7, European Commission), (17) Alicia Project (FP7, European Commission), (18) Wing Watch Project (Enterprise Ireland) & (19) HILAS Project (FP6, European Commission).
Before joining TCD, Joan worked for seven years in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Design, with a range of software companies and HCI consultancies. After finishing a FAS course in Web Design and Development in 1998, Joan worked as an Information Architect/Usability Engineer for ebeon. Between 2000 and 2002, Joan worked as a Usability Engineer/HCI Consultant for Frontend Ltd. Joan also worked as the HCI Manager for Aircraft Management Technologies (AMT), between 2002 and 2004. During the time, Joan led the HCI re-design of AMT's electronic flight bag (EFB) product - Flightman.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Looking After the Human Factor During Challenging Events in, editor(s)Senbursa, N. , Handbook of Research on the Future of the Maritime Industry, 2022, [Kay, A., Cahill, J., Howard, V. and Corrigan, S.]
Joan Cahill, Paul Cullen, Keith Gaynor, The Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the Health and Wellbeing of Aviation Workers Employed by Irish Registered Airlines. , European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) 2022, Dublin, 29 Aug to 1 Sept 22, 2022
J. Cahill, A. Kay, V. Howard, B. Mulcahy, M. Forde, S. George, E. Ziampra, F. Duffy, G. Lacey, F. Fitzpatrick, Personal protective equipment training & lived experience for healthcare staff during COVID-19, Clinical Infection in Practice, Volume 14, 2022
Cahill, J, Cullen P, Anwer S & Hegarty, F. , Using Emerging Technologies to Support Wellbeing and Resilience for pilots & Enabling the Assessment of Wellbeing Risk in Airline Safety Management Systems, 14th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM 2022), held as part of the 24th HCI International Conference 2022, Online, June 26 to July 1, 2, Springer, 2022
Cahill, J, Cullen P, Anwer S, & Gaynor R, The case for change: aviation worker wellbeing during the COVID 19 pandemic, and the need for an integrated health and safety culture. , Cognition Technology and Work, 2022
Cahill J., Howard V., Huang Y., Ye J., Ralph S., Dillon A, Intelligent Work: Person Centered Operations, Worker Wellness and the Triple Bottom Line, Communications in Computer and Information Science, HCI INTERNATIONAL 2021, Online/Virtual, 24-29 July 2021, edited by Stephanidis C., Antona M., Ntoa S. , 1421, Springer, 2021, pp307 - 314
Waldron, C., Cahill, J., Cromie, S., Delaney, T., Kennelly, S., Pevnick, J., and Grimes, T., Personal Electronic Records of Medications (PERMs) for medication reconciliation at care transitions: a rapid realist review., BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 21, (307), 2021, p1 - 17
Cahill J., Howard V., Huang Y., Ye J., Ralph S., Dillon A. (2021). , Addressing Human Factors and Ethics in the Design of 'Future Work' and Intelligent Systems for Use in Financial Services - Person Centered Operations, Intelligent Work & the Triple Bottom Line. , Lecture Notes in Computer Science, HCI INTERNATIONAL 2021, Online/Virtual, 24-29 July 2021, edited by Duffy V.G. ( , 12777, Springer, 2021, pp3 - 13
G. Lacey, J. Cahill , A. Kay , V. Howard , R. Harte , F. O'Reilly, E. Ziampra, F. Fitzpatrick, B. Mulcahy , S. George , R. Nolan, Safe PPE: User Need for an Interactive PPE Training Tool. , Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control , 6th International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC), Geneva, Switzerland, 14-17 September 2021, 10 P280, (1), 2021, pp124 - 124
Cahill, J., Cullen P, Anwer S, Wilson, S & Gaynor K. , Pilot Work Related Stress (WRS), Effects on Wellbeing (Including Mental Health) & Coping Methods, The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, 2021
Cahill J, Fitzpatrick, F, Kay, A, Howard V, Mulcahy B, Forde, M., George S., Ziampra , E, Nolan, R. , Total Worker Health Among Healthcare Workers - The Advancement of A Mindful Hand Hygiene (MHH) Protocol to Protect and Promote Wellbeing and Safety. , Irish Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Annual Conference, Online, 24 November 2021, 2021
Cahill, J, Cullen, P, Anwer S, & Gaynor K. , The Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Aviation Workers & The Aviation System. , Aviation MX Human Factors Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 8, (Issue 4), 2021, p12 - 16
Cahill J, Kay A, Howard V., Mulcahy B, Forde, M., George S., Ziampra , E, Nolan, R. Fitzpatrick, F, & Lacey, G., Harte, R., O'Reilly, F.(ed.), International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care., The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, Virtual/Online, 10, (1), April 12 to 16, 2021, Sage, 2021, pp. 157-164 p
Advancing a 'Human Factors & Ethics Canvas' for New Driver Assistance Technologies Targeted at Older Adults in, editor(s)Duffy V. (eds) , Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. Posture, Motion and Health. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12198, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp503-520 , [Cahill, J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R. ]
Ethical Issues in the New Digital Era: The Case of Assisting Driving in, Ethics, Laws, and Policies for Privacy, Security, and Liability, London, UK, Intechopen, 2020, pp1 - 30, [Cahill, J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R ]
Driver Persistence, Safety and Older Adult Self-efficacy: Addressing Driving Challenges Using Innovative Multimodal Communication Concepts in, editor(s)Kalra J., Lightner N. (eds) , Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp313 - 319, [Cahill J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R]
Ambient assisted living and ethical issues pertaining to patient and care monitoring in, editor(s)Sean M. Eckstein , Elderly Care: Current Issues and Challenges, New York, Nova Publishers, 2020, pp1 - 45, [Cahill, J. McLoughlin, S., O Neil, N. & Wetheral, S. ]
Grimes TC, Garfield S, Kelly D, Cahill, J, Cromie, S, Wheeler, C, & Franklin, B, Household medication safety practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive qualitative study protocol. BMJ , BMJ Open, 2020
Cahill, J.; Cullen, P.; Anwer, S.; Gaynor, K.; Wilson, S., The Requirements for New Tools for Use by Pilots and the Aviation Industry to Manage Risks Pertaining to Work-Related Stress (WRS) and Wellbeing, and the Ensuing Impact on Performance and Safety , Technologies, 8, (3), 2020, p1 - 49
Grimes T, Garfield S, Kelly D, Cahill J, Wheeler C, Cromie S, Franklin BD, Household Medication Safety Practices during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Qualitative Study Protocol, BMJ Open, 10, (11 ), 2020, p1 - 6
Embedding Ethics in Human Factors Design and Evaluation Methodologies in, editor(s)Duffy V. (eds) , Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. Human Communication, Organization and Work. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12199, Springer, Cham, 2020, pppp 217-227 , [Cahill J]
Cahill, J. McLoughlin, S., O Neil, N., Nagan, N., Brady, N., Henrichs, B., O Sullivan, S., & Bokser, S. , Using Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies and machine learning to promote staff professionalism, resident safety and relationship centred care in a residential care context. , 2nd Annual Conference on Professionalism, RCSI, Dublin, July 2019., Dublin, Ireland, 9 July 2019, 2019
Cahill J., Turney B., Wetherall S., Khan H., McGrath M., Widlicki I., Digital Transformation of Prostate Cancer Pathway and Optimizing Patient Experience, Patient Safety and Clinical Professionalism, In Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. Healthcare Applications. HCII 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11582., vol 11582, Springer, Cham, 2019, 3 - 22pp
Cahill, J., Cullen, P., & Gaynor, K. , Pilot Wellbeing & Work Related Stress (WRS), 20th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, Ohio, USA, 7 to 10 May 2019. , 2019
Cahill, J, Cullen P & Gaynor, K, Interventions to support the management of work-related stress (WRS) and wellbeing/mental health issues for commercial pilots , Cognition, Technology & Work, 2019
Cahill, J, Portales, R, McLoughlin, S, Nagan N., Henrichs, B., and Wetherall, S., IoT/Sensor-Based Infrastructures Promoting a Sense of Home, Independent Living, Comfort and Wellness, Sensors - Special Issue From Sensors to Ambient Intelligence for Health and Social Care, 19, (3), 2019, p1 - 39
Joan Cahill, Una Geary, Ewan Douglas, Simon Wilson, Michael Ferreira, Brian Gilbert, User and design requirements and production of evidence: using incident analysis data to (1) inform user scenarios and bow ties, and (2) generate user and design requirements, Cognition, Technology & Work, 20, (1), 2018, p23--47
Cahill, J., Power, D., Mackey, G., & McLoughlin, S, New technologies supporting patient re-enablement, wellness monitoring and staff professionalism., Age and Ageing, IGS 66th Annual & Scientific Meeting, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, 27-29 September, Volume 47, (Issue suppl_5), Oxford Academic, 2018, ppv13-v60
Cahill, J, Hurley, O & Mc Caughan, C, Addressing Teamwork Problems in Healthcare: Lessons learned from Systemic Approaches in Aviation and Teamwork Approaches in Sport. , British Journal of Healthcare Management, Volume 24 , (Issue 9), 2018, p448 - 457
Cahill, J., Power, D., Mackey, G., & McLoughlin, S., New technologies supporting patient re-enablement, relationship centred care, patient safety and wellness monitoring. , Inaugural Conference on Professionalism in Healthcare in Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, 12 April 2018, 2018
Cahill, J., McLoughlin, S., & Wetherall, S, The Design of New Technology Supporting Wellbeing, Independence and Social Participation, for Older Adults Domiciled in Residential Homes and/or Assisted Living Communities, Technologies, 6, (1), 2018, p1 - 33
Cahill, J., Cullen, P. & Gaynor, K. , Estimating the Impact of Work Related Stress on Pilot Wellbeing and Flight Safety, HWorkload Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 20-21, edited by Longo, Luca, Leva, M. Chiara , 2018
Cahill, J., Geary, U., Douglas, E., Wilson, S, Ferria, M, Gilbert, B, User Requirements & the Production of Evidence: The Analysis of Incident Data to Identify User Requirements for a New Collision Detection and Avoidance Technology to Support Safe Ramp/Taxiway Operations', Cognition, Technology & Work, Online First Article, 2018, p1 - 25
Aviation Technologies in, editor(s)Melih Cemal Kuşhan , Adaptive Automation and the Third Pilot, Intech Publishing, 2018, pp3 - 23, [Cahill, J., Tiziana C Callari, Florian Fortmann, Stefan Suck, Denis Javaux, Andreas Hasselberg, Sybert H. Stoeve & Bas A. van Doorn]
Cullen, P., Cahill, J. & Gaynor, K, Pilot wellbeing, Flight Safety Foundation 2017 - 70th International Air Safety Submit, Dublin, Ireland, October 23-25, 2017, 2017
Cahill, J Tiziana C Callari, Florian Fortmann, Stefan Suck, Denis Javaux, Andreas Hasselberg, Sybert H. Stoeve & Bas A. van Doorn, Automation and the Third Pilot: Managing Teamwork and Workload in an Airline Cockpit, Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications: Proceedings of the First Symposium on HWorkloads,, Dublin, June 2017, edited by Longo, Luca, Leva, M. Chiara , Springer, 2017, pp161 - 174
Lived Experience, Stakeholder Evaluation and the Participatory Design of Assisted Living Technology in, editor(s)Peter Cudd, Luc de Witte , Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Harnessing the Power of Technology to Improve Lives, The Netherlands, iOS Press, 2017, pp64 - 71, [Cahill, J, McLoughlin, S. & Wetherall, S ]
Cahill, J, McLoughlin, S. & Portales, R, New technology enabling wellbeing, independence, successful ageing, and relationship centred care, for seniors domicile in residential homes. Talking Poster., Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2017 Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, September, 2017, 2017
Cahill, J, McLoughlin, S., & Blazek, D, The Design of New Technologies Addressing Independence, Social Participation &Wellness for Older People Domicile in Residential Homes, 2017 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence: Health Informatics and Medical Systems (CSCI-ISHI) , Las Vegas, USA, 2017, IEEE Xplore Digital Library., 2017
Cahill, J., McLoughlin, S., Wetherall, S., The Specification of New Technology to Support Assisted Living (AL) from a Biopsychosocial, Stakeholder Relationship and Ethics Perspective, Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016, 2017, p1385-1386
Cahill, J, McLoughlin, S. & Wetherall, S , Lived Experience, Stakeholder Evaluation and the Participatory Design of Assisted Living Technology, AAATE 2017 Congress, Sheffield UK, September, 2017, iOS Press, 2017
Cahill, J., Bokser, S. & McLoughlin, S, Addressing independence and lived experience: New Technologies to Support Wellness, Independent Living, Social Participation and Community Engagement, Seventh Interdisciplinary Ageing & Society Conference, Berkeley, Calafornia, USA, 2017, November, Common Ground Research Networks, 2017
Cahill, J., McLoughlin, S., Wetherall S., Stolberg, M., & O'Connor M. , Addressing issues of need, adaptability, user acceptability and ethics in the participatory design of new technology enabling wellness, independence and dignity for seniors living in residential homes., Third International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population - held as part of HCI International, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017, Proceedings Volume 2, Springer, 2017
Cahill, J., Callari, T.C., Fortmann, F., Suck, S., Javaux, D., Hasselberg, A., Stoeve, S.H., van Doorn, B.A., Adaptive automation and the third pilot: Managing teamwork and workload in an airline cockpit, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 726, 2017, p161-173
Joan Cahill, Sean McLoughlin, Sean Wetherall, The Specification of New Technology to Support Assisted Living (AL) from a Biopsychosocial, Stakeholder Relationship and Ethics Perspective, 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2016
Fortmann, F., Cahill, J, Callari, T. Javaux, D., Hasselberg, A. , Developing a Feedback System to Augment Pilots Monitoring Performance, IEEE International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA), San Diego, USA, March 2016, 2016, pp166 - 172
Stroeve, S., Van Doorn, B, A., Cahill, J, A Safety impact quantification approach for early stage innovative aviation concepts: Application to a third pilot adaptive automation concept, SESAR Innovation Days, Delft, The Netherlands, November 2016, EU Commision, 2016, pp1 - 8
Cahill, J, McLoughlin, S, Wetherall, S, The specification of new technology to support assisted living (AL) from a biopsychosocial and stakeholder relationship perspective, 2016 International Symposium on Health Informatics and Medical Systems (CSCI-ISHI), , Las Vegas, USA, December 14016, 2016, IEEE Xplore Digital Library - Conference Proceedings Services, 2016
Cahill, J., McDonald, N., Morrison, R., Lynch, D., The operational validation of new cockpit technologies supporting all conditions operations: a case study, Cognition, Technology and Work, 18, (3), 2016, p479-509
Fortmann, F., Suck, S., Javaux, D., Cahill, J., Callari, T.C., Hasselberg, A., Developing a feedback system to augment monitoring performance of aircraft pilots, 2016 IEEE International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support, CogSIMA 2016, 2016, p166-172
Cahill, J, Callari, T. Javaux, D., Fortmann, F., Hasselberg, A., A-PiMod: a new approach to solving human factors problems with automation , Human Computer Interaction (HCI) International Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 2016, Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp269 - 279
Cahill J., Morrison, R, Mc Donald N, Lynch D, The Operational Validation of New Cockpit Technologies Supporting All Conditions Operations: A Case Study, Cognition, Technology & Work, Volume 18, ( Issue 3), 2016, p479 - 509
Cullen, P & Cahill J, Understanding pilot well-being and its impact on professionalism and flight safety, and identifying self-management strategies to promote the biopsychosocial pillars of well-being, Human Factors in Aviation Safety Conference, East Midlands Airport, UK, 7-8 November 2016, 2016
Cahill, J., Conroy, P., Tobin, C, Dardis, C., Team cohesion and communications in Surgery: Re-designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) to support teamwork, patient safety and Safety 2 practices, Annual Irish Ergonomics Conference , Limerick, Ireland, June 2016, Irish Ergonomics Society, 2016, pp53 - 63
Joan Cahill, Tiziana C Callari, Stakeholder Involvement in Evaluation: Lessons Learned in the A-PiMod Project, Annual Meeting of the Irish Ergonomics Society, Dublin, June 2015, edited by Chiara Leva , The Irish Ergonomics Society, 2015, pp21 - 36
Joan Cahill, Tiziana C Callari, A novel Human Machine Interaction (HMI) design/evaluation approach supporting the advancement of improved automation concepts to enhance flight safety, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2014 Annual Conference. ISSN 2333-4959 (online)., Lisbon, October 23, 2014, edited by D. de Waard, J. Sauer, S. Röttger, A. Kluge, D. Manzey, C. Weikert, A. Toffetti, R. Wiczorek, K. Brookhuis, and H. Hoonhout (Eds.) , 2014
Joan Cahill, Nick McDonald, Gabriel Losa, A socio-technical model of the Flight Crew Task, Human Factors (The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society), Vol 56, Issue 8,, 2014, p1337 - 1363
Cahill, J., Redmond, P., Yous, S., Lacey, G., Butler, W., The design of a collision avoidance system for use by Pilots operating on the airport ramp and in taxiway areas, Cognition, Technology and Work, 15, (2), 2013, p219-238
Cahill, J., McDonald, N. Losa G., Understanding and Improving Flight Crew Performance of the Pre-Flight, Flight Planning and Briefing Task, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 23, (Issue 1), 2013
Cahill J, Redmond P, Yous, S., Lacey, G, Butler, W,, The Design of a Collision Avoidance System for use by Pilots Operating On the Airport Ramp and in Taxiway Areas', Cognition, Technology & Work, Online First , 2012
Nick McDonald, Rabea Morrison, Maria Chiara Leva, Brian Atkinson, Fabio Mattei, Joan Cahill, Operational Modeling and Data Integration for Management and Design, Human Modelling in Assisted Transportation, 2011, p55--63
Cahill J., Morrison, R, Mc Donald N, Operational Analysis/Validation of Future Cockpit Technologies to Support All Conditions Operations. , Irish Egonomics Society, Dublin, Ireland, June 9, 2011, 2011
Cahill, J., McDonald, N., Losa, C.G., Intelligent planning and the design of a new risk-based, intelligent flight plan, Cognition, Technology and Work, 13, (1), 2011, p43-66
Cahill J., Mc Donald N., Losa G, 'Intelligent Planning and the Design of a New Risk Based, Intelligent Flight Plan', Cognition, Technology and Work, Volume 13. , (Number 1), 2011, p43 - 66
Cahill J, Redmond P, Butler, W, Human Computer Action Design (HCI) Methods Supporting the Envisionment, Design and Evaluation of a Collision Avoidance System, IHCI 2010, DCU, Dublin, Ireland, September 2010, 2010
Cahill J., Mc Donald N., Losa G, The Envisionment and Design of an Electronic Briefing Tool, Irish Ergonomics Society, Annual Review, University of Limerick, Ireland, May 2010, 2010
M. Chiara Leva, J. Cahill, A. Kay, G. Losa, N. McDonald, The Development of a Unique Report for Performance Monitoring in an Airline Safety Management System, 18th AR2TS symposium, Loughborough, England, 21st - 23rd of April, 2009
Leva M.C., Kay, A., Cahill J, Losa G., & Mc Donald N, Collaborative prototyping in the development of an accident reporting form, Irish Egonomics Society, Annual Review, June, 2009, 2009
Maria Chiara Leva, Alison Kay, Joan Cahill, Gabriel Losa, Sharon Keating, Diogo Serradas, and Nick McDonald , Unique Reporting Form: Flight Crew Auditing of Everyday Performance in an Airline Safety Management Syste, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5618 , HCI 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 2009, Springer, 2009
Leva M.C, Cahill, J., Kay, A., Losa, G. & Mc Donald, N., The Development of a Unique Report for Performance Monitoring in an Airline Safety Management System, Journal of the Safety and Reliability Society, 29, (4), 2009, p17 - 34
M.C. Leva, J.Cahill, A.M.Kay, G.Losa, N.McDonald, The Advancement of New Human Factiors Report- 'The Unique Report' - Faciliating Flight Crew Auditing of Performance/Operations as part of an Airline's Safety Management system , Ergonomics , 2009
Cahill, Joan, Methodologies used for the envisionment and design of improved Flight Crew task support tools', Proceedings of the Annual British Psychology (BPS) Conference 2008, Dublin, Ireland, 2-4 April, 2008, 2008
Cahill J, McDonald N. and Losa G. , Enhancing human performance and overall flight safety through improvements in airline system information flow, 28th Conference of the European Association for Aviation Psychology, Valencia, 2008, 2008
Cahill J, Redmond P, Butler, W, Identifying the Human Factors requirements for a collision avoidance system, for use by Pilots on the airport ramp and taxiway areas, IHCI, 2008, Cork, Ireland, September 2008, 2008
Envisioning Improved Work Practices and Associated Technology Requirements in the Context of the Broader Socio-technical System in, I-tech Publishing , Human Computer Interaction , Vienna, Austria, I-tech Publishing, 2008, [Joan Cahill]
Joan Cahill & Gabriel Losa, Flight Crew Task Performance and the Design of Cockpit Task Support Tools, European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2007 (ECCE 2007) , Covent Garden, London, UK, 28-31 August 2007, 2007
Joan Cahill, Nick Mc Donald, Pernilla Ulfvengren, Franklyn Young, Yeray Ramos & Gabriel Losa, HILAS Flight Operations Research: Development of Risk/Safety Management, Process Improvement and Task Support Tools', 7th International Conference, EPCE 2007, Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007. , 2007
Joan Cahill & Nick Mc Donald, Human computer interaction methods for electronic flight bag envisionment and design, Cognition, Technology & Work, 8, (2), 2006, p113 - 123
Joan Cahill and Nick McDonald , HILAS Flight Operations Research: A New framework for System Performance Monitoring, , International Conference on Human-Computer Interactions in Aeronautics , Seattle USA 20-22 September 2006, 2006
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Joan Cahill & Paul Cullen, Aviation Worker Wellbeing: Recent Research on Mental Health Issues and Supports Across Aviation. , Presentation at the Aerospace Aeromedical Association (ASMA) 2022 Mental Health in Aviation Workshop, as part of the AsMA Annual Scientific Meeting, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 22, 2022. , Reno, Nevada, USA, May 22, 2022, 2022
Joan Cahill, (2022), 'Human Factors & Ethics Canvas (Responsible AI & Addressing The Triple Bottom Line)' [pdf], Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
Cahill, J & Cullen, P, Wellbeing-I vs Wellbeing-II - Stress Coping & Resilience. , European Association for Aviation Psychologists (EAAP), 34th Annual Conference (Virtual Presentation/Event)., Online, September 30, 2020, 2021
Cahill, J., Understanding Workplace Wellbeing and Work Related Stress. Round Table Discussion for AviAssist Foundation Africa., AviAssist: Supporting Aviation in Africa, Online, November 17, 2021., 2021
Cahill, J, Kay., A & Howard, V., MIndful Hand Hygiene, 2021
Joan Cahill, Yufei Huang & Zarion , Designing the Workplace of the Future (Video), 2021
Huang Y, & Cahill, J, Towards-a-law-of-robotics-in-the-workplace, The Council on Business & Society, 2021
Cahill, J, Cullen P, Anwer S, & Gaynor R. , Impact of COVID 19 Pandemic on Aviation Workers & The Aviation System, 2021
Cahill, J., The Case for Change & An Ethical Approach to Wellbeing Management in Aviation: Wellbeing II and Advancing an Integrated Health & Safety Culture, 2021
Joan Cahill, Wellbeing Culture Indicators, 2021
Cahill, J & Huang, J, Shaping the Future of Work in Financial Services Enterprises, 2020
Nelson, H., Kremer, P., Anthony, T., Atherton, M., Cahill, J., Cullen, P., Drozdowski, S., Franklin, J., Gillen, M., Talacchia, M., Steinhardt, G., Vernay, A & Whittingham, D. . , 'An Aviation Professional's Guide to Wellbeing. ', Online, Flight Safety Foundation, 2020, -
Joan Cahill, Adaptive Automation: Diversity, Wellbeing, Uncertainty & The Triple Bottom Line. , Women In Tech Series, Online, May 5 2020, 2020
Cahill, J, Cullen P, Anwer S, & Gaynor R., 73 International Safety Summit 2020.The Perfect Storm - Impact of COVID on Aviation Workers and the Aviation System. , 73 International Safety Summit 2020. , Online, 2020, 2020
AvioFit, Wellbeing in Aviation Summit, 25 April 2019, In:Wellbeing in Aviation Summit, 2019, Irish Aviation Authority, Dublin, Ireland
Cullen, P., Cahill, J. & Gaynor, K. , Understanding Pilot Wellbeing & the Impact of Work Related Stress. , Aerospace Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference, RAeS London, May 22 - 23, 2019, 2019, Royal Aeronautical Society.
Joan Cahill, 'Version 1, one zero one Postcast, Episode #5: Joan Cahill, TCD on The Ethical Challenges of AI. https://www.version1.com/one-zero-one/joan-cahill-ethical-ai/', 2019, -
Joan Cahill, CIHS White Paper: The Specification of a 'Human Factors and Ethics' Canvas for Socio-technical Systems, 2019
Joan Cahill & Oneview Healthcare, Submission to the Royal Commission on Aged Care -The Application of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies in community living environments to promote resident wellness and safety/quality care delivery , Royal Commission, Australia, April , 2019
Cullen, P., Cahill, J. & Gaynor, K. , Understanding Pilot wellbeing and its impact on flight safety, Royal Aeronautical Society, Annual Conference, London, UK, 24 April, 2018, 2018
Cahill, J & McLoughlin, S. , Biopsychosocial models of wellness and the human factors design of new technologies for older adults domicile in residential homes and assisted living communities. , The National Medtech & Biotech Summit, Dublin, March 14, 2018, 2018
Pilot mental health - the lived experience. , Cullen, P., Cahill, J. & Gaynor, K., Focus, United Kingdom, Flight Safety Committee (UKFSC)[ed/s], March, UK:, United Kingdom, Flight Safety Committee (UKFSC), 2018, 15 - 20
Cahill, J, Improving leadership/teamwork in healthcare/nursing practice (and enhancing patient safety), through systemic based safety/human factors interventions linking to Crew Resource Management (CRM) theory, 2015
Joan Cahill(ed.), Preventing Aircraft Damage Conference, Human Factors Issues on the Ramp and Wing Watch Project, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 April 2014, 2014
Research Expertise
Description
Joan's overall research interests include: Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics/Human Computer Interaction, Information Design, Ethics, Phenomenology, Organisational Psychology, Aviation Psychology, Health Informatics & Workplace Wellness. Specific research interests include: behaviour change, successful ageing, wellbeing, wellbeing in work, patient experience, patient safety, work analysis, intelligent work, adaptive automation, ethical A/IS, teamwork and professionalism, performance monitoring/management, work related stress, stress coping, mental health, safety/risk management, human error/reliability, performance management, incorporating psychological concepts in the design of new technology, designing technology to support social processes, cyber-psychology & philosophy of technology.Projects
- Title
- Intelligent Work
- Summary
- The aim of this research project is to study how AI technologies and workers can work together more efficiently and intelligently to improve the workers' wellbeing and the company's long-term revenue. We would like to investigate how to augment automated work and people so that work is healthy, workers are healthy, and workers are set up for success. I am PI on this project and lead the HF research. Research team TCD School of Psychology, TCD School of Business, Zarion Ltd.
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- March 2020
- Title
- Lived Experience & Wellbeing Project
- Summary
- This project examines the effects of work-related stress (WRS) on pilot wellbeing and the associated impact on both pilot performance and flight safety. Further our research addresses solutions to WRS both an airline and pilot self-management level. This includes tools to promote stress coping, wellbeing awareness and management and risk assessment for WRS/wellbeing. This research is independent and is not linked to any airline, pilot group or the regulator.
- Funding Agency
- Currently, this research is funded by CIHS, TCD.
- Date From
- April 2015
- Date To
- Present
- Title
- Pilot Lived Experience Project
- Summary
- The purpose of this project is to develop solutions to manage issues pertaining to wellness in work for Pilots at an individual and organisational level. I am PI on this project and lead the HF research. Research team TCD School of Psychology.
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- May 2020
- Title
- EASA Wellbeing Hub
- Summary
- The purpose of this project is to scope, define and develop the content and communications/messaging for the EASA Wellbeing Hub. Research team TCD School of Psychology, EASA, Aviation Representatives/Stakeholders.
- Funding Agency
- Voluntary
- Date From
- September 2020
- Title
- PPE Safe Project
- Summary
- The PPE Safe project addressed training, risk management, workplace stress and safety issues in the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers (HCW). I was PI on this project and lead the HF research. Research team: TCD School of Psychology, Learnovate, Surewash Technologies, Beaumont Hospital, Bon Secours Hospital and Tallaght Hospital.
- Funding Agency
- SFI, COVID Rapid Response
- Date From
- September 2020
- Date To
- February 2021
- Title
- Personal Electronic Records of Medications (PERM) PERM: A Rapid Realist Review
- Summary
- The purpose of this Rapid Realist Review was to how the design, implementation and use of Personal Electronic Records of Medications (PERM) at care transitions, impacts on medical reconciliation. I was Co-investigator on this project. Research team: TCD School of Pharmacy, TCD School of Psychology, Tallaght Hospital
- Funding Agency
- Meath Foundation
- Date From
- 2020
- Date To
- 2020
- Title
- Human Factors & Ethics Canvas
- Summary
- Overall, we need methodologies to support the production and documentation of evidence in relation to addressing the human and ethical dimensions of future technologies. The responsibilities of designers and questions concerning the moral quality of technology belong to the field of Applied Ethics. However, they also belong to the field of Human Factors. The objective of the 'human factors and ethics' canvas project is document methodolgoies for the production of this canvas. We hope to demonstrate how HF methodlogoies can be integrated with concepts in applied ethics, to create an evidence map in relation to the specification of an ethically responsible technology solution that properly addresses relevant human and ethical issues.
- Funding Agency
- Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS)
- Date From
- September 2016
- Title
- Household medication practices and safety during Covid-19
- Summary
- The objective of this project was to understand household medication practices and medication safety of people who are "cocooning" during the Covid-19 pandemic. I was Co-investigator on this project. Research team: TCD School of Pharmacy & TCD School of Psychology, University of Limerick, and University College London.
- Funding Agency
- HRB
- Date From
- May 2020
- Date To
- August 2020
- Title
- New Technologies Supporting Assisted Living
- Summary
- The objective of this research is to advance new Assisted Living (AL) technology enabling independent living and quality of life for elders aged between 55 and 90 years. This research is an industry/academia collaboration and will contribute to specification and validation of a future AL product for seniors. Overall, this research is underscored by several key principles: 1. Technology use/function is predicated on biopsychosocial models of well-being 2. Independence for seniors is linked to interdependence (i.e. support from other actors in personal and professional community) 3. Technology will be developed from the perspective of understanding, modelling and transforming the social, information and healthcare process relationships between seniors and associated stakeholders 4. The research will pay specific attention to issues of user acceptability and ethics (rights based framework), ease of use, and adaptability in relation to age and condition
- Funding Agency
- Oneview Healthcare
- Date From
- End Sept 2016
- Date To
- End December 2019
- Title
- ProAct
- Summary
- This project will advance technology which integrates the four key sub-ecosystems central to understanding patient centric, integrated multimorbidity management - supporting independent living for senior citizens
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- January 2016
- Date To
- January 2019
- Title
- Applying Pilot Models for Safer Operations
- Summary
- The A-PiMod project addresses improved flight safety by proposing a new approach to human cantered cockpit design, which expands the understanding of the human factor in the joint human-machine system, taking into account increasing levels of operational complexity and new operational concepts (SESAR). The project will advance concepts for a fully adaptive and human cantered automation, through the integration of Pilot behavioural and cognitive models with automation models â" resulting in the generation of real time inferences about the Pilot state and mental picture. With this capability it will be able to support, in an adaptive and cooperative way, the total set of functions (both human and automation) necessary to the achievement of a safe flight under a performance driven ATM system (SESAR).
- Funding Agency
- EU Commision
- Date From
- September 2013
- Date To
- September 2016
- Title
- Alicia
- Summary
- ALICIA addresses the ACARE objective of increasing time efficiency within the future air transport system. The aim will be to develop a new and scalable cockpit application which can extend operations of aircraft in degraded conditions - "All Conditions Operations". A key objective will be to deliver an extensible application that can be applied to many aircraft types. This will necessarily entail a new cockpit infrastructure capable of delivering enhanced situation awareness to the crew whilst simultaneously reducing crew workload and improving overall aircraft safety. Specifically Joan's research involves the operational analysis/validation of future cockpit concepts/technologies.
- Funding Agency
- EU Commission
- Date From
- 2009
- Date To
- 2013
- Title
- Wing Watch
- Summary
- This project is sponsored by Enterprise Ireland - the Irish government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. The objective of the WW project is to advance a 'proof of concept' demonstration of a collision warning system, for use by Pilots operating on the airport ramp and in taxiway areas. Following proof of concept, the proposed system will be further developed for other ramp users (i.e. Tow Truck Driver, ATC and Ground Marshaller). The project involves two integrated strands of research. The first strand concerns the identification of the user requirements for the proposed tool and modelling of the associated HCI design concept. The second strand relates to the advancement of the underlying vision based collision detection and avoidance technology, and the allied technical specification and implementation of the proposed system. Primarily, this involves research in the area of visual mapping and robotics. The project commenced in 2007 and is due to finish in 2011. The specific objective of HCI research is (1) to identify the user requirements for a cockpit based version of the proposed system, and (2) to model a preliminary version of the associated HCI design concept.
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- 2007
- Date To
- 2011
- Title
- HILAS - Human Integration into the Lifecycle of Aviation Systems
- Summary
- The HILAS project ran for the last four years (2005 to 2009). The Human Integration into the Lifecycle of Aviation Systems (HILAS) project is part of the Sixth Framework Programme for aeronautics and space research, sponsored by the European Commission. The objective of the HILAS project is to develop a model of good practice for the integration of human factors across the life-cycle of aviation systems. The project contains four parallel strands of work: the integration and management of human factors knowledge; the flight operations environment and performance; the evaluation of new flight deck technologies, and the monitoring and assessment of maintenance operations (HILAS Annex One, 2005). The Flight Operations strand comprises seven European airlines, human factors researchers and technology partners. The critical objective of this strand is to develop and implement a new methodology for monitoring and evaluating overall system performance to support improved information sharing, performance management, operational risk management and process improvement. The project involves a number of phases of research including identifying the requirements for the proposed system, building the system and iterative trailing and evaluation of the system. Joan's research in the HILAS project focused on the Flight Operations Strand. Specifically her research involved identifying the requirements for improved airline processes and technology tools, supporting a number of operational and organisational functions including operations management, performance management, safety/risk management, organisational learning and knowledge integration. As part of this, Joan worked on the development of improved Flight Crew tools, providing a range of task support, performance feedback and reporting functions, linked to the above processes and technology tools.
- Funding Agency
- EU Commission
- Date From
- 2005
- Date To
- 2009
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Winner of 2019 Societal Impact Award, TCD
Nominated for 2019 One to Watch Award, TCD
Nominated for 2018 Societal Impact Award, TCD
Memberships
Member of ACM SIGCHI
Safety in Health Systems Special Interest Group
Irish Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), UK: Vice Chair of Wellbeing Group
Committee Member of Irish Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Committe Member of European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) Wellbeing Working Group