Translational Biomedical Informatics News

Materials Morph for Easier Health Monitoring

Xiaoyue Ni, Assistant Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, is creating flexible electronics that go on a person’s skin to monitor everything from heart rate to muscle activity to brain function in real time.

New Grant to Address Hidden Hypoxemia

Pulse oximetry has long been trusted as a key diagnostic tool. However, for patients with darker skin tones, this technology may not be accurate. A new grant aims to fix that.