Rate My Professor Sauman Chu

Chu's academic interests center on human-centered design, design and health, multilingual design, user experience design, and visual communication, with a focus on interactive technology applications for diverse users. Her interdisciplinary research has produced publications in design and medical fields, such as "Deconstructing Silos of Knowledge Around Lung Transplantation to Support Patients: A Patient-Specific Search of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Data" (2022, Transplantation), "Design of a patient-centered decision support tool when selecting an organ transplant center" (2021, PLOS ONE), "Journey To Transplant: Developing a social support network counseling intervention to improve kidney transplantation" (2021, Health Expectations), and "Designing a patient-specific search of transplant program performance and outcomes: Feedback from heart transplant candidates and recipients" (2021, Clinical Transplantation). With 68 research outputs, her work emphasizes patient-centered tools for transplant decisions. Chu received the 2019 Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, along with the 2013 College of Design Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2006 E-Teaching Excellence Award. She has led service-learning initiatives where students completed over 70 projects for more than 50 organizations. Chu has served on committees like the University Campus Curriculum Review Committee (2014-2017), University Senate Judicial Committee (2006-2012), and chaired several departmental committees.