What we do

The D3 Lab is a research group led by Dr. Naveena Karusala, and is part of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. We study and shape the role of technology in our collective health and well-being. We ask how emerging technologies interact with inequities shaping who gets care and what kind, and how we can move towards more just and accountable design and governance. We work directly with communities—labor unions, community-based organizations, health workers, care seekers, local governments—to identify questions that serve the public interest and further our understanding of technology, care, and justice.

"D3" refers to "dot dot dot," a symbol of open-endedness and curiosity.

Our work

Urban Company delivery worker with a backpack walking beside a motorcycle in a narrow city alley
Protesters hold Kaiser Permanente labor strike signs reading “Kaiser Don’t A.I.” and “Unfair Labor Practices,” sponsored by National Union of Healthcare Workers
Close-up of a health insurance enrollment form

Women’s occupational health

Focusing on domains from gig work to sugarcane cutting, we uncover how the workplace variously becomes an enabler or a barrier to women’s health. We also examine how design and policy measures might better align work and health, and leverage the workplace as a site for care and sensemaking.

[Photo: Deepti Asthana]

Who we are

Portrait of Naveena, smiling and looking into the camera
Portrait of Naveena, smiling and looking into the camera

Naveena Karusala
Lab Director

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Portrait of Ananya, smiling and looking into the camera

Ananya Kasi
PhD student (HCC)

Work with us

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Portrait of Roshini, smiling and looking into the camera

Roshini Deva
PhD student (HCC)

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Portrait of Reeda, smiling and looking into the camera

Reeda Huda Shimaz
PhD student (HCC)

If you're interested in...
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...doing research with the D3 Lab, fill out this form.
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...joining us as a PhD student, apply to Georgia Tech’s HCC or CS PhD and mention Naveena in your application.
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...partnering with us, please reach out to discuss how research could contribute to healthier and more caring futures.

Portrait of Anoosha, smiling and looking into the camera
Portrait of Anoosha, smiling and looking into the camera

Anoosha Thumma
MS student (CS)

Worker-led AI governance

For AI to support job and service quality, care workers must have a meaningful say in the design and governance of AI tools. We investigate how data, design, and coalitions can bolster the capacity of health workers to advocate for accountability of AI in healthcare. 

[Photo: Martin do Nascimento]

AI contestation

As AI tools increasingly shape who gets care and what kind, care seekers require pathways for identifying, appealing, and contesting harms caused by AI. In the context of health insurance coverage denials, we examine how design, policy, and communities of practice can contribute to effective contestation. 

[Photo: Health Affairs]