Dr. Julie Robillard is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia and Scientist in Patient Experience at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital. She is an Investigator with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and a faculty member of Neuroethics Canada and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr. Robillard leads the Neuroscience, Engagement and Smart Tech (NEST) lab where she brings her background in neuroscience and biomedical ethics to the evaluation and development of novel social 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 social media to social robots. Together with her team and through international interdisciplinary collaborations, she is exploring co-creation processes, development and applications of social technologies in both older adult and youth populations, and ethical considerations around the implementation of social technologies in brain health care.
Dr. Robillard has held provincial, national and international leadership roles: she chaired the Ethical, Legal, Social Implications cross-cutting program of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Medical Device Development Centre of British Columbia and on the International Advisory Committee of the leading professional association for dementia researchers (ISTAART), among others. Her work has been featured on national an international media, including on CBC Marketplace, and CBS and CTV News.
Keywords: Brain health, mental health, patient experience, social technology, assistive technology, social media, social robotics
Email: julie.robillard@ubc.ca