Jessica Y. Medina

PhD in Information Science

Drexel University, College of Computing & Informatics

NSF CSGrad4US Fellow

BS in Computer Science

University of Central Florida

Epilepsy, social support, and digital health

Study how people with epilepsy and caregivers seek experiential knowledge, manage health information, and evaluate digital tools across the life course.

Topic modeling · Qualitative analysis · Interviews · Accessibility evaluation · App-review analysis

Research conversation platform

Lead development of a prototype supporting participant enrollment, chatbot-conversation imports, annotation, study-data management, and local language-model processing.

JavaScript · Express · MongoDB · Python · Ollama

Peer-reviewed research in responsible AI

Contribute to studies of teen overreliance on AI companions, community support, and how responsibility is distributed among young people, caregivers, communities, and platforms.

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Software Engineer Associate

Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems · Orlando, Florida

Refactored and modernized C++ software, validated preserved functionality through testing and code review, updated software-design documentation, and worked within a cross-functional Agile team.

Full Stack Developer

Eight Eleven Group for AdventHealth · Orlando, Florida

Led a three-person team developing a web application for Epic EHR device inventory and testing. Contributed across React, Node.js, Express, and MySQL and implemented GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD.

EpiConnect+ senior design teams

Mentored 12 students across two teams building an epilepsy self-management mobile application prototype; defined requirements and reviewed a React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB codebase.

Student research mentorship

Mentored graduate and undergraduate research assistants contributing to digital-health and responsible-AI research at Drexel University.

NSF CSGrad4US Fellowship

National Science Foundation