Imagine a space where game developers, researchers, and health professionals unite to revolutionize healthcare.
The Therapeutic Games & Apps Lab (The GApp Lab) is a dynamic hub where creativity meets healthcare solutions. For the past decade, The GApp Lab has been a world class innovation space where professionals from a variety of industries collaborate to solve healthcare’s most pressing problems, from opioid dependency to type 2 diabetes.
The GApp Lab Fellowship Program at the University of Utah is a unique opportunity that brings together student game developers, known as GApp Lab Fellows, faculty researchers and industry professionals from the Software Development & Systems Design Core (The SD2C).
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KEY FEATURES
The program provides a studio, mentorship, and education to empower the fellows to innovate, develop, and research the next generation of digital health technologies.
The fellows work on a wide array of projects, leveraging entertainment and playfulness to encourage engagement and adherence.
Fellows will have exposure to the complexities of designing and developing medical software and its integration with patients, providers, various healthcare platforms and the research that validates its efficacy.
The GApp Lab values health equity, aiding rural and underserved communities and leans heavily into participatory design. It believes that the best educational and health interventions are developed not for a community, but with the community by bringing in community members and patients as co-designers.
EDUCATION & SEMINARS
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Work alongside industry professionals from SD2C
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Best practice workshops and seminars
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Special guest lectures
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Variety of resources
In addition to working alongside and gaining experience from industry professionals in the Software Development System Design core (SD2C) you’ll receive supplemental workshops and seminars which will cover various best practices as they relate to your role in software development. You’ll enjoy special guest lectures and a variety of resources which will enhance your education and help make you a more well-rounded game developer. You will also receive additional instruction, whether it’s specific to a project to which you are assigned or related to developing games for health, medical software and the training and certifications that are required when utilizing electronic health records and protected patient data.
FELLOWSHIP & BENEFITS
The GApp Lab Fellowship is a 2-year program which will provide professionally oriented masters students with funding provided through the University of Utah’s Graduate School’s Tuition Benefit Program (TBP). The TBP offers eligible students a full tuition waiver, subsidized health insurance, and a yearly stipend based on employment as a Graduate Fellow (GF).
Fellowships are awarded to candidates engaged in multidisciplinary projects and industry experience that combine disciplines such as computer science, applied mathematics, programming & engineering, 3D & 2D art and animation, and product and project management.
This program is intended to support masters students at the University of Utah, and applicants are not allowed to receive any other fellowships or financial support for their time and effort during the funded fellowship period.
This program is an interdisciplinary educational and training program funded by the SVPHS and Digital Health. It is a unique venture among a variety of disciplines and academic departments that will prepare its students not only for academic readiness but also for the real-world workforce.
APPLICATION
Applications for Fall 2024 are currently closed.
Eligible Applicants must be admitted as a masters student either of the following schools: The Division of Games, School of Computing, Bioinformatics, Population Health Sciences. Students from other departments will be considered on a case by case basis.