Health

Experts on digital health

Digital health is a broad, interdisciplinary field where medicine and healthcare intersect with information technology. It encompasses such areas as mobile health and wearable devices, personalized medicine, and telehealth. Research on digital health at WPI take place in such cutting-edge facilities as PracticePoint, a proving ground for medical cyber-physical systems, and the Healthcare Delivery Institute. WPI experts on digital health can speak on smartphone apps for health monitoring and medical care and automation in surgical robotics, among other topics.

Emmanuel O. Agu
  • Professor-Computer Science Computer Science
Professor Agu's research interests are in the areas of computer graphics, mobile computing, and wireless networks. He is especially interested in research into how to use a smartphone as a platform to deliver better healthcare. ... View Profile
Gregory S. Fischer
  • Professor Robotics Engineering
Professor Fischer develops surgical robotics, including MRI-compatible robotic devices for enhancing cancer diagnosis, add intelligent automation to telesurgery, and develop assistive robotics, including socially assistive robots and wearable physically ... View Profile
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Angela C Incollingo Rodriguez
  • Assistant Professor Social Science & Policy Studies
Professor Rodriguez's research program uses a biopsychosocial approach to study health and health behaviors. ... View Profile
Elke A. Rundensteiner
  • Professor Computer Science
Professor Rundensteiner's research focuses on how to make use of data and information in an effective manner, towards achieving goals in business, scientific discovery, and digital health. ... View Profile
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Sarah Eliza Stanlick
  • Assistant Professor The Global School
Sarah Stanlick, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. ... View Profile
Bengisu Tulu
  • Professor-Business The Business School
Professor Tulu's work focuses on implementing health information technologies in health systems, and developing patient-provider facing digital health solutions, including mobile apps that facilitate shared decision making, patient engagement and improv ... View Profile
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Haichong Zhang
  • Assistant Professor Robotics Engineering
Professor Zhang is the founding director of the Medical Frontier Ultrasound Imaging and Robotic Instrumentation (Medical FUSION) Laboratory. ... View Profile