Publications

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Citations
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Peer-reviewed publications

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Book Chapters

  1. Marston, H.R., Prabhu, V.G., Ivan, L., Freeman, S., & Earle, S. (2025). The Impact on Psychological Wellbeing and Loneliness on People Who Self-Reported to Self-Isolate, Being Disabled and Vulnerable During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from an International, Multi-Centered Project. In H.R. Marston (Ed.), Society and Technology: Promoting Well-Being in a Digital Age (Chapter 11). Cognella.
  2. Stanley, L., & Prabhu, V.G. (2025). Human System Interaction — Interface Design. In A.P. Ambler & J.W. Sheppard (Eds.), Realizing Complex System Design (1st ed., pp. 441–459). CRC Press.
  3. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K.M. (2024). Hybrid Modelling Approach Using Reinforcement Learning in Conjunction with Simulation: A Case Study of an Emergency Department. In Fakhimi, M., Mustafee, N. (Eds.), Hybrid Modeling and Simulation. Springer, Cham.

Journals

  1. Prabhu, V.G., Azevedo, R., Pecheny, Y., Dietrich, A., Pirrallo, R., Rozenblit, J., & Kalidindi, S. (2026). Adaptive Technologies for Pediatric Emergency Readiness: Cognitive State Sensing, Augmented Reality Guidance, and the Evidence Gap. Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports.
  2. Marston, H.R., Ivan, L., Prabhu, V.G., & Earle, S. (2026). Loneliness, Well-Being, and Digital Use during Lockdown in the UK and Romania. Journal of Media Research.
  3. Swami, V., Voracek, M., et al. (2026). Positive Body Image Is a Pathway Between Nature Contact and Life Satisfaction Across 58 Nations. Environment International.
  4. Hirsh, E.L., Meyer, S.D., Britt, T.W., Vosika, E.C., Rosopa, P.J., Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., & Fowler, L.A. (2025). Hidden Workload of Academic Emergency Physicians: Extra-Clinical Duties and Their Impact on Fatigue and Recovery. Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM).
  5. Marston, H.R., Prabhu, V.G., & Earle, S. (2025). Understanding eHealth, Loneliness and Well-Being Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A UK Insight. Cogent Gerontology.
  6. Großschädl, F., Marston, H.R., Ivan, L., Prabhu, V.G., & Earle, S. (2025). Age as an Important Predictor for Digital Health Literacy: Cross-Sectional Evidence of Internet Users from an International Multisite Study in North America and EU Countries. Educational Gerontology.
  7. Malde, A., Prabhu, V.G., Banga, D., Hsieh, M., Renduchintala, C., & Pirrallo, R. (2025). A Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Maternal Health Risks in Lower-Middle-Income Countries Using Sparse Data and Vital Signs. Future Internet.
  8. Swami, V., Tran, U.S., et al. (2025). Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Mindfulness.
  9. Prabhu, V.G., Pirrallo, R., Taaffe, K., Hegde, S., Foster, S., Jackson, W., Ramsay, M., & Hobbs, J. (2025). Handoffs in Emergency Departments: A Mixed-Methods Study on Physician Perspectives, Preferences, and Strategies. Emergency Care and Medicine.
  10. McDaniel, S., Pines, R., He, E.M., Collins, F., Arshad, F., Menendez, M., Prabhu, V.G., & Caruso, T.J. (2025). Virtual Reality Therapeutic Art for Adult Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers: A Mixed-Methods Project. Journal of Patient Experience.
  11. Swami, V., Tran, U.S., et al. (2025). Life Satisfaction Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. PLOS ONE.
  12. Marston, H.R., Prabhu, V.G., & Ivan, L. (2025). Understanding Technology Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: An International, Multi-Centre Study. COVID.
  13. Ivan, L., Marston, H.R., Prabhu, V.G., Großschädl, F., Silva, P.A., Buttigieg, S.C., Çalıkoğlu, H.Ö., Bilir-Koca, B., Arslan, H., Kanozia, R., Browning, M.H., Freeman, S., & Earle, S. (2024). Successful Aging across Middle vs High-Income Countries: An Analysis of the Role of eHealth Literacy Associated with Loneliness and Wellbeing. The Gerontologist.
  14. Foster, S., Hegde, S., Pirrallo, R., Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Ramsay, M., & Jackson, B. (2024). Identifying Emergency Physicians’ Strategies for Mitigating Workload Transfers during End-of-Shift Patient Handoffs — A Qualitative Analysis. Human Factors in Healthcare.
  15. Swami, V., Tran, U.S., et al. (2024). Exposure and Connectedness to Natural Environments: An Examination of the Measurement Invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
  16. Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., Morgan, R., & Shirley, B. (2024). Designing and Developing a Nature-Based Virtual Reality with Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Surgical Anxiety and Pain Management: Evidence from Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. Aging & Mental Health.
  17. Prabhu, V.G., Harper, S., Brignull, C.G., Snider, B., Tanner, S., Adams, K.J., Nisonson, A., Hand, W., & Epling, J.A. (2023). The Impact of Virtual Reality on Pain and Anxiety during Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsies: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Journal of Breast Imaging.
  18. Swami, V., Tran, U.S., et al. (2023). Body Appreciation Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age. Body Image.
  19. Prabhu, V.G., Hand, W., Isik, T., Song, Y., & Taaffe, K. (2023). Risk-Adjusted Staffing Policies to Minimize Perioperative Staffing Shortages During a Pandemic: An Agent-Based Simulation Study. Epidemiology and Infection.
  20. Marston, H.R., Ko, P.C., Prabhu, V.G., Freeman, S., Ross, C., Sharaievska, I., Browning, M.H., Earle, S., Ivan, L., Kanozia, R., Çalıkoğlu, H.Ö., Arslan, H., Bilir-Koca, B., Silva, P.A., Buttigieg, S.C., Großschädl, F., & Schüttengruber, G. (2023). Digital Practices by Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from an International Multisite Study. JMIR Mental Health.
  21. Browning, M.H.E.M., Shin, S., Drong, G., McAnirlin, O., Gagnon, R.J., Ranganathan, S., Sindelar, K., Hoptman, D., Bratman, G.N., Yuan, S., Prabhu, V.G., & Heller, W. (2023). Daily Exposure to Virtual Nature Reduces Symptoms of Anxiety in College Students. Nature Scientific Reports.
  22. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., Jackson, W., & Ramsay, M. (2022). Overlapping Shifts to Improve Patient Flow and Patient Safety in Emergency Departments. SIMULATION.
  23. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., & Shvorin, D. (2022). A Data-Driven Policy to Minimize the Tuberculosis Testing Cost Among Healthcare Workers. International Journal of Health Planning and Management.
  24. Joseph, A., Neyens, D., Mihandoust, S., Taaffe, K., Prabhu, V.G., Allison, D., & Reeves, S. (2021). Impact of Surgical Table Orientation on Flow Disruptions and Movement Patterns During Pediatric Outpatient Surgeries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  25. Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., & Morgan, R. (2020). A Biofeedback Enhanced Adaptive Virtual Reality Environment for Managing Surgical Pain and Anxiety. International Journal of Semantic Computing.
  26. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., & Shvorin, D. (2020). Stress and Burnout among Attendings and Resident Physicians in the ED: A Comparative Study. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Abrol, S., Pirrallo, R., Taaffe, K., & Prabhu, V.G. (2026). A Hybrid Simulation Approach to Analyze the Impact of Physician Fatigue and Burnout on Emergency Department Performance. IISE Annual Conference & Expo.
  2. Sajjadi, S.M., Takla, H., Rohatgi, N., Morgan, R., & Prabhu, V.G. (2026). Agent-Based Modeling of Healthcare Worker Compliance Effects on Surgical Site Infection Prevention in Colorectal Surgery. IISE Annual Conference & Expo.
  3. Prabhu, V.G., Azevedo, R., Soykan, B., & Rabadi, G. (2026). Scaffolding Graduate Simulation Education Through Structured LLM Integration and Metacognition: A Preliminary Investigation. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  4. Prabhu, V.G., Ramachandran, A., & Alexander, S. (2025). Hybrid Modeling and Simulation for Enhancing Patient Access, Safety and Experience. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  5. Prasad, A., Bidwai, S.L., Zawar, A.J., Ahuja, D.A., Kalatzis, A., & Prabhu, V.G. (2025). Psychological and Neurophysiological Indicators of Stress and Relaxation in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments: A Multimodal Approach. Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.
  6. Prabhu, V.G., Soykan, B., Azevedo, R., Mondesire, S., & Rabadi, G. (2025). Teaching Simulation with AI: A Faculty-First Framework for Integrating LLMs into Coursework. Florida AI Learning Consortium (FALCON).
  7. Haghighi, T., Lim, J.I., Leng, T., Stanley, L., Prabhu, V.G., & Alam, M.N. (2025). AR-EyeLLAMA: Intelligent Conversational Digital Humans for Ophthalmology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 66(10), PB0094.
  8. Chen, Y., Hasan, T., Gil-Rivas, V., Prabhu, V.G., & Pan, Y. (2025). Examining Heat Stress and Noise in Construction: A Reddit-Based Investigation of Workplace Challenges. Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering.
  9. Prabhu, D.F., Gurupur, V., Hadley, D., & Prabhu, V.G. (2025). Addressing Data Incompleteness in NHANES 2021–2023. Proceedings of the Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision (ICICV). University of Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
  10. Kalatzis, A., Prabhu, V.G., & Stanley, L. (2025). Identifying the Contributors of Intrinsic, Extraneous, and Germane Load in Human-Robot Collaboration Through Interview Questions. In A. Medina-Borja & K. Gielo-Perczak (Eds.), Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems. AHFE International Conference.
  11. Prasad, S., Prabhu, V.G., & Hand, W. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Pandemic on the Perioperative Healthcare Workers Availability: An Agent-Based Approach. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
  12. Augustine, P., & Prabhu, V.G. (2024). Integrating Quality 4.0 in a Traditional Continuous Improvement System. ASQ Quality Progress.
  13. Prabhu, V.G., Pirrallo, R., Taaffe, K., Jackson, W., & Ramsay, M. (2023). Forecasting Patient Arrivals and Optimizing Physician Shift Scheduling in Emergency Departments. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
  14. Kalatzis, A., Rahman, S., Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., & Wittie, M. (2023). A Multimodal Approach to Investigate the Role of Cognitive Workload and User Interfaces in Human-Robot Collaboration. Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.
  15. Foster, S., Hegde, S., Pirrallo, R., Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Ramsay, M., & Jackson, B. (2023). Evaluating Physician Stress During Patient Handoffs: Analysis of Physician Heart Rate Variability, Patient Handoff Characteristics, and ED Metrics. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
  16. Kalatzis, A., Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., & Wittie, M.P. (2023). Effect of Augmented Reality User Interface on Task Performance, Cognitive Load, and Situational Awareness in Human-Robot Collaboration. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).
  17. Kalatzis, A., Prabhu, V.G., Rahman, S., Wittie, M., & Stanley, L. (2022). Emotions Matter: Towards Personalizing Human-System Interactions Using a Two-Layer Multimodal Approach. Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.
  18. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Shehan, K., Pirrallo, R., Jackson, W., Ramsay, M., & Hobbs, J. (2022). How Does Imaging Impact Patient Flow in Emergency Departments? Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
  19. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., Jackson, W., & Ramsay, M. (2021). Physician Shift Scheduling to Improve Patient Safety and Patient Flow in the Emergency Department. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
  20. Kalatzis, A., Teotia, A., Prabhu, V.G., & Stanley, L. (2021). Affective State Classification in Virtual Reality Environments Using Electrocardiogram and Respiration Signals. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR).
  21. Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., Morgan, R., & Shirley, B. (2021). Comparing the Efficacy of a Video and Virtual Reality Intervention to Mitigate Surgical Pain and Anxiety. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies.
  22. Kalatzis, A., Teotia, A., Prabhu, V.G., & Stanley, L. (2021). A Database for Cognitive Workload Classification Using Electrocardiogram and Respiration Signal. Proceedings of the Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference.
  23. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Hand, W., Çağlayan, C., Isik, T., & Song, Y. (2020). Team-Based Risk-Adjusted Staffing During a Pandemic: An Agent-Based Approach. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  24. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., Jackson, W., & Ramsay, M. (2020). Reducing Handoffs and Improving Patient Flow in the ED. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  25. Prabhu, V.G., Stanley, L., Linder, C., & Morgan, R. (2020). Analyzing the Efficacy of a Restorative Virtual Reality Environment Using HRV Biofeedback for Pain and Anxiety Management. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Rome, Italy.
  26. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., & Pirrallo, R. (2020). A Multi-Layered LSTM for Predicting Physician Stress during an Emergency Department Shift. Proceedings of the Annual IISE Conference.
  27. Prabhu, V.G., Linder, C., Stanley, L., & Morgan, R. (2019). An Affective Computing in Virtual Reality Environments for Managing Surgical Pain and Anxiety. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), San Diego, CA.
  28. Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., & Pirrallo, R. (2019). Patient Care Management for Physicians: Reducing Handoffs in the ED. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  29. Cull, E., Saha, A., Stanley, L., Prabhu, V.G., & Biro, J. (2019). Analyzing the Efficacy and Design Considerations of VR Environments to Manage Anxiety & Depression in AYA Cancer Patients. Blood, 134(Supplement 1).

Working Papers

  1. Prabhu, V.G., Soykan, B., Prins, C., Takla, H., Rohatgi, N., Morgan, R., Ramamohan, V., & Taaffe, K. (2026). An Integrated Surgical Digital Twin for Mitigating Healthcare-Associated Infections: Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Adaptive Intervention Optimization. In Emerging Trends in Analytics and Data Science in Practice: Healthcare Analytics in Practice. World Scientific. (In press)
  2. Abrol, S., Pirrallo, R., & Prabhu, V.G. (2026). Modeling Emergency Department Physician Burnout and Operational Performance Using Hybrid Simulation. Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM). (In press)
  3. Sajjadi, S.M., Takla, H., Rohatgi, N., Morgan, R., & Prabhu, V.G. (2026). An Agent-Based Model for Evaluating Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle Policies in Colorectal Surgery. Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM). (In press)
  4. Marano, C., Brosnihan, A., Abrol, S., Prabhu, V.G., & Azevedo, R. (2026). Modeling Individual Differences Underlying Human Scientific Reasoning Processes in Game-Based Learning Environments. Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM). (In press)
  5. Abrol, S., Taaffe, K., Pirrallo, R., & Prabhu, V.G. (2026). Hybrid Modeling and Simulation for Improving Emergency Physician Recovery and ED Performance. Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). (Under review)
  6. Prabhu, V.G., & Azevedo, R. (2026). Neuroadaptive Systems in Human-AI Collaboration: Physiological Sensing, Metacognitive Modeling, and Bidirectional Learning. In Handbook of Hybrid Intelligence: Unlocking the Potential of Human-Machine Collaboration. (Under review)
  7. Prabhu, V.G., Takla, H., Kalatzis, A., Basourakos, S.P., & Azevedo, R. (2026). A Detailed Application Focusing on Robotic Surgery as a Practical Implementation of Hybrid Intelligence Principles. In Handbook of Hybrid Intelligence: Unlocking the Potential of Human-Machine Collaboration. (Under review)
  8. Foster, S., Hegde, S., Ramsay, M., Prabhu, V.G., Taaffe, K., Hobbs, J., Gaafary, C., Jackson, W., & Pirrallo, R. (2026). A Measure of Emergency Physician Workload: Development and Validation of the Disposition Mapping for Physician Sign-Out (D-MAPS). Annals of Emergency Medicine. (Under review)
  9. Prabhu, V.G., Kalatzis, A., Azevedo, R., Takla, H., Basourakos, S.P., & Rohatgi, N. (2026). From Teleoperation to Autonomous Assistance in Robotic Acute Care Surgery: Levels of Autonomy, the Human Interface, and the Evidence Gap. Topical Collection on Robotics in ACS and Trauma. (Under review)
  10. Abrol, S., Prabhu, V.G., Britt, T.W., Fowler, L.A., Taaffe, K.M., Vosika, E.C., Meyer, S.D., Machineni, S., & Hirsh, E.W. (2026). Hours Slept, Not Hours Worked: Predictors of Next-Day Recovery in Emergency Physicians. npj Biological Timing and Sleep. (Under review)