Over the last decade, Health has emerged as a vibrant area of focus within HCI. Since 2024, the Health Subcommittee has grown by nearly 30% annually, making it one of the largest subcommittees with over 500 papers being processed for CHI 2026. This growth has led to multiple attempts to found a Health and HCI conference, and finally in July 2026 we will celebrate the efforts of the community in the inaugural SIGCHI sponsored Interactive Health Conference in Porto, Portugal.
Epstein et al. (Wed,) studied this question.