Biomedical Visualization Project Research Survey and Raffle now open
Biomedical visualization is seeking students, faculty, and researchers at UIC to participate in a quick survey for a graduate students project research about the effectiveness of editorial illustrations in attracting scientific readers. Participants have the chance to win a $25 VISA Gift card in an optional end of survey raffle.
Hello Journal Readers!
My name is Hanie Jaffery, and I am a student researcher in the Biomedical Visualization graduate program at the University of Illinois, Chicago. This study investigates whether adjusting the genre styles of Scientific Editorial Cover Designs influences audience engagement with journal publications and articles.
To understand what scientific readers find engaging, I would like to invite you to be in a research study titled “Optimizing the Creation of Cover Art for High Impact on Scientific Audiences”.
The study will aim to answer the question:
How can the genres of fantasy, metaphor, and realism be used to increase engagement when creating editorial artwork to disseminate a graduate student's dissertation to a scientific audience?
Participation in this research is voluntary; you don’t have to take part if you don’t want to and may opt out at any time!
Subjects eligible to participate in the survey must be 18 years or older and a current full-time UIC student and/or faculty member.
If you decide to take part, you will complete a short survey answering various multiple-choice questions about your familiarity with Bat Biology, interaction with scientific journals, and choosing between three editorial illustrations of the same subject matter in three genres to identify which would elicit you to continue reading the article.
Participation in the study will take approximately 20 minutes, and a link to the Qualtrics survey is provided below.
Raffle Opportunity: At the end of the survey, participants will have the opportunity to voluntarily enter a raffle to win a $25 Visa gift card. Additional information, such as your name and email address, will be required.
Participation in this survey poses minimal risk to participants, and all information is kept confidential. Although there are no direct benefits to the subjects, the information collected will assist future authors in disseminating their research more effectively and enable medical illustrators to make more strategic design choices tailored to specific audiences.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me at hjaff@uic.edu or Leah Lebowicz, laklein2@uic.edu.
If you have any questions about your rights as a study subject, including questions, concerns, complaints, or if you feel you have not been treated according to the description in this form, or to offer input, you may call the UIC office for the protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) at 312-996-1711 or 1-866-789-6215 (toll-free) or email uicrib@uic.edu.
Thank you so much for the time and consideration.
UIC Exempt Research Study Number: STUDY2026-0074
Modified on February 17, 2026