Her work is being applied to assistive technology as well as health and safety. She was awarded the Sloan fellowship in 2007 and the IBM faculty fellowship in 2004 and 2006. Martha Pollack is a dean and professor at the University of Michigan school of information, working on the interaction between people, information and technology. Her special interest is in computer-based technology to help people with cognitive impairment. She and her students focus on aspects of artificial intelligence and other enabling technologies for assistive technology.