World-leading impact for advanced personalized health monitoring
Health Tech for the People
Ethics of technology and accountable, human-centered design, evaluation and translation of health monitoring technologies for the public interest. The purpose of the HT4P graduate fellowship is to encourage graduate students to integrate considerations of ethics of technology and accountable, human-centered design, evaluation and translation of health monitoring technologies for the public interest into their program of research with mentorship support and community.
Human-Centered Robotics
Robots promise to enhance human health and quality of life in a multitude of ways (Figure 1). For instance, they hold the potential to (1) reduce the risk of injury during strenuous activities, (2) increase overall health through implicit exercise, (3) restore functional behaviors for those with motor impairments, and (4) offer opportunities for remote operation, ensuring the safety of medical and emergency personnel dangerous environments (e.g., infectious disease outbreaks, disaster relief).
Neuroscience of Sleep and Aging
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.