Ep. 2: Detection Monitoring Intervention Research with Dr. Farzan Sasangohar

Welcome to another episode of Work Factors. Today, our hosts, Dr. Adam Pickens, Instructional Associate Professor, and Martha Parker, Project Manager, Texas A&M Ergo Center, are joined by Dr. Farzan Sasangohar, Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering. Listen in on a conversation between friends as they dive into the large amount of research that Dr. Farzan is a part of right now. Whether it be helping veterans with PTSD, monitoring and tracking mental health in college students, or tracking a multitude of stressors across multiple fields with new detection technologies, Dr. Farzan is making wakes in the research world. You won’t want to miss out on this innovative conversation!

To learn more about the Ergo Center, click the link below: https://ergocenter.tamu.edu/index.html 

Host: Dr. Adam Pickens, Instructional Associate Professor

Martha Parker, Project Manager, Texas A&M Ergo Center

Guests: Dr. Farzan Sasangohar, Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Time stamps: 

(00:00 - 01:16) Introduction 

(01:17 - 02:33) Getting to Know Dr. Farzan

(02:34 - 03:19) Focusing on Special Populations

(03:20 - 07:12) Using Technology to Help Trauma

(07:13 - 09:10) Monitoring Anxiety in College Students

(09:11 - 11:38) Mental Health in College

(11:39 - 14:43) Getting Involved in Research

(14:44 - 18:25) Participant to Researcher

(18:26 - 22:29) A Diary Study

(22:30 - 26:53) Craziest Thing in the Field

(26:54 - 30:12) Looking to the Future

(30:13 - 31:45) The Need for Expansion

(31:46 - 32:19) Closing