John Pollak

Generally speaking, I work with mobile devices to make people healthier and happier. I conduct research on user engagement, data collection, and health behavior using mobile health apps. With what I learn, I design products/ systems to assess people's health and health behavior and ultimately help them make healthier choices. I do this as the founder of The Commons Project, Senior Researcher in Residence at Cornell Tech, and Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. My background is mostly in product development and software engineering, nearly all in health and life sciences. I’ve built products, started companies, and advised even more companies. Education is genetics and computer science undergrad, human-computer interaction masters, and information science PhD. Below is some info on what I am currently or have recently been working on. If you're curious or bored (ok, really bored), wade down into the scroll-a-thon for outdated details of projects past ranging from health games for kids to population models of shrimp.