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Jun
15
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Pablo E. Paredes, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See description for more information
PHIND Seminar – Pablo E. Paredes, Ph.D.
Jun 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Zoom - See description for more information
PHIND Seminar - Pablo E. Paredes, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See description for more information

PHIND Seminar Series: Pervasive Computing With Everyday Devices To Build & Sustain Resilience & Wellbeing

Pablo E. Paredes, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, Epidemiology and Population Health
Stanford University

 

Zoom Webinar Details
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/99098874758
Dial: US: +1 650 724 9799  or +1 833 302 1536 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 990 9887 4758
Passcode: 784858

11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
12:00pm – 12:15pm Reception
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ABSTRACT
As society progresses towards increasing pervasive computing levels, I design and build technology-enabled solutions to repurpose everyday devices to help people build resilience and grow wellbeing. I leverage biological and behavioral knowledge to design systems that balance user needs and health outcomes while mitigating surveillance and agency risks. In this talk, I present my research on efficacious and engaging sensors and interventions necessary in the population and public health domains. I share a series of research projects exploring and validating novel ideas on passive sensors – less dependent on subjective surveys or wearables –  and subtle interventions that minimize workflow disruption. I show the promise of repurposing existing signals from computing peripherals (i.e., mouse and trackpad) or cars (steering wheel) into “sensorless” sensors and repurposing existing media as just-in-time micro-interventions that can work across multiple scenarios and populations. I discuss how these data could be used in collaboration with domain experts to study topics as varied as the interaction between stress and productivity in office workers, burnout prevention among clinical practitioners, or the prevention of depression among rural health workers. Finally, grounded in theories from neuroscience and behavioral economics, I propose the evolution of everyday “mundane” devices, such as chairs, desks, cars, or even urban lights, into adaptive and autonomous wellbeing-optimizing interventions. I close with a discussion of the research needed to systematically study ethics in pervasive technology for resilience, and wellbeing.

 

ABOUT
Pablo Paredes earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015 with Prof. John Canny. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department and the Epidemiology and Population Health Department (by courtesy) at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He leads the Pervasive Wellbeing Technology Lab, which houses a diverse group of students from multiple departments such as computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, anthropology, neuroscience, and linguistics. Before joining the School of Medicine, Dr. Paredes was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University with Prof. James Landay. During his Ph.D. career, he held internships on behavior change and affective computing at Microsoft Research and Google. He has been an active associate editor for the Interactive, Mobile, Wireless, and Ubiquitous Technology Journal (IMWUT) and a reviewer and editor for multiple top CS and medical journals. Before 2010, he was a senior strategic manager with Intel in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a lead product manager with Telefonica in Quito, Ecuador, and an entrepreneur in his native Ecuador and, more recently, in the US. In these roles, he has had the opportunity to hire and closely evaluate designers, engineers, business people, and researchers in telecommunications and product development. During his academic career, Dr. Paredes has advised close to 40 mentees, including postdocs, Ph.D., master’s, and undergraduate students, collaborated with colleagues from multiple departments across engineering, medicine, and the humanities, and raised funding from NSF, NIH, and large multidisciplinary intramural research projects.

 

Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Jun
23
Wed
2021
"The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring" - PHIND & CDH Seminar @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
“The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring” – PHIND & CDH Seminar
Jun 23 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
"The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring" - PHIND & CDH Seminar @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link

PHIND & CDH Seminar: “The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring”

Join Stanford CDH and PHIND on Wednesday, June 23rd at 3:15 PM PDT to hear some of the industry’s leading experts talk about embedded sensors, longitudinal data collection, the future of remote monitoring, and real-world applications of precision health technologies. The panel will feature: Nicolas Genain, MS, WithingsJohn O Moore MD, PhD, Fitbit Health Solutions at GooglePablo Paredes, PhD, MBA, MS, Stanford University; and Michael Synder, PhD, Stanford University. The discussion will be moderated by Jun (Alex) Gao, MS, Samsung America.

 

Zoom Webinar Details
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/96984014176
Dial: US: +1 650 724 9799  or +1 833 302 1536 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 969 8401 4176
Passcode: 375941

3:15pm – 4:15pm: Panel Discussion
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Sponsored by the PHIND Center and Center for Digital Health

Jul
20
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Alberto Salleo, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar – Alberto Salleo, Ph.D.
Jul 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar - Alberto Salleo, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link

PHIND Seminar Series: Plastic-based sensors for wearable technologies: fundamentals and applications

 

Alberto Salleo, Ph.D.
Professor of Material Sciences and Engineering
Stanford University

 

Zoom Webinar Details
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/92646686705
Dial: US: +1 650 724 9799  or +1 833 302 1536 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 926 4668 6705
Passcode: 270341

11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
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ABSTRACT
The continuous monitoring of human health can greatly benefit from devices that can be worn comfortably or seamlessly integrated in household objects, constituting “health-centered” domotics. One of the key aspects for these devices to be successful is to be invisibly integrated and disappear in the background of our lives. Our group works on thin film devices made with plastic materials that can be used for electrochemically sensing of common analytes from easily accessible bodily fluids (e.g. sweat, saliva, urine) and can be easily multiplexed. I will describe electrochemical transistors that detect ionic species either directly present in body fluids or resulting from a selective enzymatic reaction (e.g. ammonia from creatinine) at physiological levels. I will also show that non-charged molecules can be detected by making use of custom-processed polymer membranes that act as “synthetic enzymes”. Using these membranes in conjunction with electrochemical transistors we demonstrate that we are able to measure physiological levels of cortisol in real human sweat. Importantly, transistors can amplify signals and I will show what architectures must be used to observe 1000x amplification of sensing currents.

Finally we have developed a process that allows us to fabricate sensor arrays on flexible substrates thereby opening the door towards ultra-thin, flexible sensor arrays for wearable technologies.

 

ABOUT
Alberto Salleo is currently Full Professor of Materials Science and Department Chair at Stanford University. Alberto Salleo holds a Laurea degree in Chemistry from La Sapienza and graduated as a Fulbright Fellow with a PhD in Materials Science from UC Berkeley in 2001. From 2001 to 2005 Salleo was first post-doctoral research fellow and successively member of research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. In 2005 Salleo joined the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford as an Assistant Professor in 2006. Salleo is a Principal Editor of MRS Communications since 2011.While at Stanford, Salleo won the NSF Career Award, the 3M Untenured Faculty Award, the SPIE Early Career Award, the Tau Beta Pi Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford’s highest teaching award. He has been a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher since 2015, recognizing that he ranks in the top 1% cited researchers in his field.

 

Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Aug
17
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Orestis Vardoulis, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar – Orestis Vardoulis, Ph.D.
Aug 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar - Orestis Vardoulis, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link

PHIND Seminar Series: Peace of mind for those affected by stroke

Orestis Vardoulis, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & CEO
ZeitMedical

 

Zoom Webinar Details
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/94427469356
Dial: US: +1 650 724 9799  or +1 833 302 1536 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 944 2746 9356
Passcode: 999031

11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
12:00pm – 12:15pm Reception
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ABSTRACT

There is a growing population of over 10 million Americans that live with an elevated risk of having a stroke.

Each year approximately 1 million Americans survive a stroke or a ministroke, often severely affected by its debilitating effects. A more disabling stroke frequently occurs after the seminal events, leaving patients and their families scarred for life.

TIME = BRAIN. Early hospital presentation is the most critical determinant in good stroke outcomes. However, most patients arrive at the hospital often hours after the event, with less than 10% receiving any form of treatment (thrombolysis / thrombectomy).

As a result, at risk individuals struggle daily with the fear, a stroke might happen during night-time or when they are alone. Unfortunately a stroke that goes unnoticed for hours, is most often not treatable due to the lack of salvageable tissue.

To alleviate that fear, we are creating an AI-powered, smart-headband that analyzes brain waves to detect the onset of an event immediately, and alert the patient, caregivers and 911.

Our stroke detection AI has already been shown to detect ischemia during high-risk surgeries with 90% sensitivity and no false positives.

We have received FDA breakthrough designation for our solution and are currently running a pilot human factors and signal quality study.

Our vision is to provide peace of mind and optimal brain health for everyone.

 

ABOUT
Orestis is the CEO and Co-founder of Zeit Medical, a telehealth company that offers at home monitoring and alert solutions for patients at risk for stroke. Prior to starting Zeit, Orestis was a Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellow where his team developed the initial idea about at-home stroke detection. Orestis trained as a Mechanical Engineer, at Aristotle University, Greece, earned his PhD in Biotechnology and Bioengineering at EPFL, Switzerland and conducted cutting edge research in flexible wearable electronics with the Bao Group at Stanford Chemical Engineering. He has authored more than twenty publications in prestigious journals and has filed for a variety of patents at the intersection of materials technology and medical devices. Orestis currently lives in San Francisco, where he also contributes to the UCSF-Stanford pediatric device consortium as a technology advisor.  He also maintains close ties with the med-tech and health-tech communities in Switzerland and Greece, contributing to regional Biodesign educational workshops.

 

Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Sep
21
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Sindy KY Tang, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar – Sindy KY Tang, Ph.D.
Sep 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
PHIND Seminar - Sindy KY Tang, Ph.D. @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link

PHIND Seminar Series: Towards precision diagnostic and prediction of food allergy

Sindy KY Tang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Radiology – PHIND Center
Stanford University

 

Location: Zoom
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/91932966334
Dial: US: +1 650 724 9799  or +1 833 302 1536 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 919 3296 6334
Passcode: 383071

11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
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ABSTRACT
Food allergy has reached epidemic proportions. Accurate in vitro methods that are efficient and easy to use to identify offending food allergens are lacking. Oral food challenge, the gold standard for food allergy assessment, is often not performed as it places the patient at risk of anaphylaxis. As such, food allergy is often identified only after an adverse reaction that could be life-threatening. Our long-term goal is to develop a food allergy diagnostic test that is accurate, safe, rapid, and accessible, so that food allergy can be easily identified prior to the occurrence of an adverse reaction, and that the efficacy of immunotherapy for food allergy can be tracked more effectively. This talk will discuss our recent work on developing such a test. Our approach is based on the Basophil Activation Test (BAT), which measures the activation of basophils in whole blood after stimulation with specific food allergens ex vivo. The BAT has been shown to be highly predictive of allergic reactions. However, the need for flow cytometry has limited its broader use. We are developing a miniaturized, standalone version of the BAT. We envision that the test can be used at the point of care, such as the doctor’s office or at a local pharmacy.

 

ABOUT
Prof. Sindy KY Tang is the Kenneth and Barbara Oshman Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and by courtesy of Radiology (Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics) at Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in Engineering Sciences under the supervision of Prof. George Whitesides. Her lab at Stanford works on the fundamental understanding of fluid mechanics and mass transport in micro-nano systems, and the application of this knowledge towards problems in biology, rapid diagnostics for health and environmental sustainability. The current areas of focus include the flow physics of confined micro-droplets using experimental and machine learning methods, interfacial mass transport and self-assembly, and ultrahigh throughput opto-microfluidic systems for disease diagnostics, water and energy sustainability, and single-cell wound healing studies. She was a Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellow in 2018. Dr. Tang’s work has been recognized by multiple awards including the NSF CAREER Award, 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, the ACS Petroleum Fund New Investigator Award, and invited lecture at the Nobel Symposium on Microfluidics in Sweden. Website: http://web.stanford.edu/group/tanglab/

 

Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Sep
23
Thu
2021
MIPS Seminar - David K. Stevenson, MD @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
MIPS Seminar – David K. Stevenson, MD
Sep 23 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link
MIPS Seminar - David K. Stevenson, MD @ Zoom - See Description for Zoom Link

MIPS Seminar Series: Predicting and Preventing Fetal and Neonatal Pathology: Looking Back and Looking Forward

David K. Stevenson, MD
The Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Associate Dean, Maternal and Child Health and Professor, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

 

Zoom Webinar Details
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/94584828060
Dial: +1 650 724 9799 or +1 833 302 1536
Webinar ID: 945 8482 8060
Passcode: 481874

12:00pm – 12:45pm Seminar & Discussion
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ABSTRACT
The importance of minimally invasive technologies for interrogating the fetus and newborn, as well as of knowing where a biologic system is headed, not just where it has been, when trying to predict and prevent acquired diseases, will be discussed.  Examples of such technologies, such as trace gas analysis and optical reporting of biologic phenomena, and their application to model systems and the human newborn will be presented.  The role of advanced computational approaches for the integration and interpretation of large amounts of data derived from these new measurement tools will be emphasized.

 

ABOUT
Dr. David K. Stevenson is the Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics and has made many impactful contributions to the field of neonatology and pediatrics, including his seminal studies on neonatal jaundice, bilirubin production and heme oxygenase biology.  As a neonatologist, his research has focused primarily on neonatal jaundice and more recently on the causes of preterm birth and its prevention.  He has held numerous leadership roles at Stanford University School of Medicine, including Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Maternal & Child Health, the Co-Director of the Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute, and the Principal Investigator for the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Stanford University.  Dr. Stevenson has received many awards, including the Virginia Apgar Award, which is the highest award in Perinatal Pediatrics, the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award from the Federation of Pediatric Organizations, the Jonas Salk Award for Leadership in Prematurity Prevention from the March of Dimes Foundation, and the John Howland Medal and Award, the highest award in academic pediatrics.  He has served as the President of the American Pediatric Society. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Stevenson is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

 

Hosted by: Katherine Ferrara, PhD
Sponsored by: Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford & the Department of Radiology

Oct
19
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Christina Curtis, Ph.D. @ Venue coming soon!
PHIND Seminar – Christina Curtis, Ph.D.
Oct 19 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Venue coming soon!
PHIND Seminar - Christina Curtis, Ph.D. @ Venue coming soon!

PHIND Seminar Series: Topic TBA

Christina Curtis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Genetics
Stanford University

 

Location: Venue coming soon!
11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
12:00pm – 12:15pm Reception
RSVP coming soon!

 

ABSTRACT
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ABOUT
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Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Oct
28
Thu
2021
MIPS Seminar - Steven Paul Poplack, MD @ Venue coming soon!
MIPS Seminar – Steven Paul Poplack, MD
Oct 28 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Venue coming soon!
MIPS Seminar - Steven Paul Poplack, MD @ Venue coming soon!

MIPS Seminar Series: Title TBA

Steven Paul Poplack, MD
Professor of Radiology (Breast Imaging)
Stanford University Medical Center

 

Location: Coming soon!

12:00pm – 12:45pm Seminar & Discussion
RSVP: Coming soon!

 

ABSTRACT

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ABOUT
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Hosted by: Katherine Ferrara, PhD
Sponsored by: Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford & the Department of Radiology

Nov
16
Tue
2021
PHIND Seminar - Michael Eisenberg, M.D. & Gary M. Shaw, Ph.D. @ Venue coming soon!
PHIND Seminar – Michael Eisenberg, M.D. & Gary M. Shaw, Ph.D.
Nov 16 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Venue coming soon!
PHIND Seminar - Michael Eisenberg, M.D. & Gary M. Shaw, Ph.D. @ Venue coming soon!

PHIND Seminar Series: Male Infertility and the Future Risk of Vascular and CV Disease

Michael Eisenberg, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University Medical Center

 

Gary M. Shaw, Ph.D.
NICU Nurses Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Stanford University

 

Location: Venue coming soon!
11:00am – 12:00pm Seminar & Discussion
12:00pm – 12:15pm Reception
RSVP coming soon!

 

ABSTRACT
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ABOUT
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Hosted by: Garry Gold, M.D.
Sponsored by the PHIND Center and the Department of Radiology

Nov
18
Thu
2021
MIPS Seminar - Matthew Bogyo, PhD @ Venue coming soon!
MIPS Seminar – Matthew Bogyo, PhD
Nov 18 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Venue coming soon!
MIPS Seminar - Matthew Bogyo, PhD @ Venue coming soon!

MIPS Seminar Series: Title TBA

Matthew Bogyo, PhD
Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology
Stanford University

 

Location: Coming soon!

12:00pm – 12:45pm Seminar & Discussion
RSVP: Coming soon!

 

ABSTRACT

Coming soon!

 

ABOUT
Dr. Bogyo received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Bates College in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. After completion of his degree he was appointed as a Faculty Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Bogyo served as the Head of Chemical Proteomics at Celera Genomics from 2001 to 2003 while maintaining an Adjunct Faculty appointment at UCSF. In the Summer of 2003 Dr. Bogyo joined the Department of Pathology at Stanford Medical School and was appointed as a faculty member in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2004. His interests are focused on the use of chemistry to study the role of proteases in human disease. In particular his laboratory is currently working on understanding the role of cysteine proteases in tumorgenesis and also in the life cycle of human parasites and bacterial pathogens. Dr. Bogyo currently serves on the Editorial Board of Biochemical Journal, Cell Chemical Biology, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics and is an Academic Editor at PLoS One. Dr. Bogyo is a consultant for several biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the Bay Area and is a founder and board member of Akrotome Imaging and Facile Therapeutics.

 

Hosted by: Katherine Ferrara, PhD
Sponsored by: Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford & the Department of Radiology