Lab Director
Professor, Department of Population Health, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati. Member of the UC Cancer Center and the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute (Brain Tumor Center).
Dr. Faiola’s research lies at the intersection of digital health and biomedical engineering, focusing on AI-driven virtual reality therapeutic medicine, volatile organic compound biomarker biosensors, and mobile health. He leads interdisciplinary teams of clinicians, engineers, neuropsychologists, medical researchers and computer scientists. Before joining UC, he was Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the University of Kentucky, Department Head of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago, and founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction program at Indiana University.
Procter Hall, Room 205
College of Nursing
University of Cincinnati
513-558-5614
Computer Science and Machine Learning, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati
Builds applied AI systems for healthcare. In UC’s AI Bio Lab he developed an LLM and fuzzy-logic task scheduling system on a fine-tuned Llama 3.2 model, presented at NAFIPS 2026. He won a Bearcat AI Grant for UMambaNet, a 3D MRI brain tumor segmentation model, and built a LangGraph dialogue engine for VR stroke rehabilitation.
PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Graduate Research Assistant in UC’s Fuzzy AI Lab. His research focuses on explainable AI (XAI), machine learning and predictive modeling for medical, healthcare and safety-critical applications.
Master of Design Student, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati
Works at the intersection of healthcare, human-centered design and design research. Her thesis explores how participatory design can support earlier recognition of gradual respiratory changes associated with COPD.
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Develops biosensors for the early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease. His work identifies volatile organic compound (VOC) patterns linked to oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial dysfunction, and turns them into VOC panels for noninvasive diagnosis.
Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Behavioral neurologist and memory disorder specialist. Division Director for Behavioral Neurology and Bob and Sandy Heimann Endowed Chair in Research and Education in Alzheimer’s Disease. Her work covers Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, cognitive aging and cancer-related cognitive impairment.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Neuro-oncologist at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute’s Brain Tumor Center and the UC Cancer Center, where she coordinates research trials for primary and metastatic brain tumors. Her practice combines oncology with neuropalliative care.
Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Medical oncologist and neuro-oncologist with leadership roles at the UK Markey Cancer Center, Kentucky’s first NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati
UC’s inaugural AI Champion and an expert in explainable AI, fuzzy logic-based AI systems, autonomous robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles. He has been on the UC faculty since 2007.
Southern Connecticut State University
Specializes in information science, communication and digital health behaviors, with a focus on how people seek, process and avoid health information. Her quantitative work uses advanced statistical modeling to validate behavioral frameworks.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
Neuroscience and psychology researcher whose work bridges engineering and clinical medicine, focusing on how technology can enhance human movement and rehabilitation.
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
Behavioral neuroscience researcher with a PhD with honors from Sapienza. She has co-authored studies including work on the “Michelangelo Effect” in digital visuospatial memory tasks.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Catania
Researcher in the Department of Educational Sciences whose work covers smoking cessation, behavioral addictions, cognitive impairment, harm reduction and mental health technologies. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers.
Owner and Studio Director, Super Soul
Indie game programmer with more than 15 years of industry experience and president of the game developer nonprofit RunJumpDev. Super Soul’s Unity-based action game Chainstaff was released on six platforms, including Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.
Unity Developer, New Compass Solutions
Unity programmer and game developer with more than seven years of experience in interactive 3D simulation, virtual reality, procedural content generation and developer tools. He builds LiDAR visualization and road asset management software.
We also work with clinicians, engineers and scientists at partner institutions in the US and Europe.
Yonas Geda, MD
Barrow Neurological Institute
M. Agarwal and M. Woollam
Indiana University, Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute
S. Khan and B. Khan
Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute
P. Hull
University of Kentucky, Comprehensive Connected Cancer Care (C4)
Department of Neuropsychology
Sapienza University of Rome
Neurorehabilitation Inpatient Hospital
Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome
