Medha Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 9648585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Medha Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Medha |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4319-6827 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Novel Program Connects Medical Students With Startups Focused on Social Determinants of Health
Purpose: Few avenues exist for medical students to pursue opportunities related to health equity outside of academic medicine, such as through entrepreneurship and business. To address this gap, we created the PennHealthX Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Accelerator program at the Perelman School of Medicine, which pairs students with startups focused on health equity. To our knowledge, this is the first program of its kind nationally. Approa…
Accepting Human-like Avatars in Social and Professional Roles
Humans report perceptions of unease or eeriness as humanoid/android robots and digital avatars approach human-like physical resemblance, a phenomenon alluded by the Uncanny Valley theory. This study extends the discussions on interactions and acceptance of digital avatars with findings from three experiments. In the first, perceptive evaluation of actors in clips from computer-generated animation and a live-action version of the same movie was ex…
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Accepting Human-like Avatars in Social and Professional Roles
Humans report perceptions of unease or eeriness as humanoid/android robots and digital avatars approach human-like physical resemblance, a phenomenon alluded by the Uncanny Valley theory. This study extends the discussions on interactions and acceptance of digital avatars with findings from three experiments. In the first, perceptive evaluation of actors in clips from computer-generated animation and a live-action version of the same movie was ex…
Novel Program Connects Medical Students With Startups Focused on Social Determinants of Health
Purpose: Few avenues exist for medical students to pursue opportunities related to health equity outside of academic medicine, such as through entrepreneurship and business. To address this gap, we created the PennHealthX Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Accelerator program at the Perelman School of Medicine, which pairs students with startups focused on health equity. To our knowledge, this is the first program of its kind nationally. Approa…
Psychology (2 works) · Animation (1 work) · Biomedical and Engineering Education (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Deliverable (1 work) · Empathy (1 work) · Entrepreneurship (1 work) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (1 work)