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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
Email: emmanuel@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5568

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
Email: gfischer@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5261

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

Angela C Incollingo Rodriguez

Assistant Professor Social Science & Policy Studies
Email: acrodriguez@wpi.edu

Professor Rodriguez's research program uses a biopsychosocial approach to study health and health behaviors. ... View Profile

Elke A. Rundensteiner

Professor Computer Science
Email: rundenst@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5815

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

Sarah Eliza Stanlick

Assistant Professor The Global School
Email: sstanlick@wpi.edu

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
Email: bengisu@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5184

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

Haichong Zhang

Assistant Professor Robotics Engineering
Email: hzhang10@wpi.edu

Professor Zhang is the founding director of the Medical Frontier Ultrasound Imaging and Robotic Instrumentation (Medical FUSION) Laboratory. ... View Profile