
World-leading impact for advanced personalized health monitoring
Robotics for Human Health and Mobility
Our mission is to establish new and support ongoing fundable interdisciplinary collaborations that (1) use robotic tools to advance our understanding of human physiology and (2) innovate integrated robotics solutions to support human health, healthcare, and well-being.
Aging Mechanisms
The topic area of the current theme is aging mechanisms. Understanding of aging mechanisms provides an opportunity for the development of therapies targeting non-communicable diseases – major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Today aging and longevity are arguably the hottest topics in medico-biological research which attract attention of academic researcher, innovators, investors, corporations, governmental institutions, and the media.
Biosensors and Medical Technology
The topic of the this theme includes research in areas such as biosensors, wearables, mobile health, bioelectronics, flexible electronics, stretchable electronics, AI-driven health monitoring, human-computer interaction, physiological sensing, multimodal sensing, digital biomarkers, smart textiles and personalized medicine.

Health Tech for the People
Technologies animated by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) proliferate in nursing’s work and health care. Rapidly evolving AI/ML technologies demand ethics and research infrastructure responsive to this dynamic landscape. We founded Health Tech for the People (HT4P) to develop a critical tech ethics for more accountable, human-centered design of personalized and AI/ML-powered health monitoring technologies.

Sleep and Circadian Science
Sleep is impaired in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Deficits include reduced total sleep time and sleep efficiency, reduced time in REM and slow wave sleep (SWS), and increased time in NREM1. Sleep spindles and slow waves, key sleep features associated with plasticity and cognitive function, also decline.