Award
National Library of Medicine 5R01LM014084-04
Advancing Medical Illustration in Patient Education Materials: from Art to Science
Recipient
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Award Amount
$371,185.00
Ceiling
$371,185.00
Awarded
May 25, 2026
Identifier
5R01LM014084-04
Award for research on medical illustrations in patient education, including ontology development, document corpus creation, and evaluation of illustration impact, plus virtual reality agent exploration.
Description
This project involves studying medical illustrations used in patient education, developing a domain ontology, creating a corpus of patient education documents, and evaluating the impact of illustration styles on comprehension and anxiety. It also includes exploring Embodied Conversational Agents in virtual reality environments.