Ajay Mittal

University of Florida

Executive Director
EACN Research Program
University of Florida

Ajay Mittal is the Executive Director of the EACN Research Program at the University of Florida. He leads an organization of over 100 students and medical professionals on research encompassing all realms of digital health, ranging from mobileECGs to digital ophthalmoscopes and virtual medicine. He is currently leading a group of 25 research assistants recruiting oncology patients for the first distraction-based virtual reality at UF Health with plans to expand to several different patient populations in the coming months. He is a graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in Biological Sciences and will be matriculating into medical school in 2021.

6:15pm - 6:45pm

Wednesday March 3

Feasibility and Acceptability of Virtual Reality to Reduce Perceived Pain and Anxiety Among Patients within a Hospital System

Co-presented with Jonathan Wakim