Special Seminar: Mobile health diagnostics with applications in medicine

Speaker: Hadi Shafiee

Title: Mobile health diagnostics with applications in medicine

Date and Time: July 23, 2019 / 13.30-14.30 

Room: FENS G035

Abstract: The advances in micro- and nano-technologies and the surge in consumer electronics have paved a solid foundation for developing mobile health (mhealth) technologies with the potential to transform the current paradigm in global health. In this talk, Dr. Shafiee will present examples of how smartphones can be seamlessly integrated with hardware, software, microfluidics, and nanotechnology to develop point-of-care diagnostic devices to address clinical gaps in the management of infectious diseases and infertility.

Bio: Dr. Hadi Shafiee is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Engineering in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School (HMS). He graduated from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (BSc) in 2001 and University of Tehran, Iran (MSc) in 2003 with degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics from Virginia Polytechnique Institute and State University in 2010. After receiving trainings in the development of devices for cell sorting and pathogen detection at Virginia Tech and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, he started his own lab at BWH, HMS in 2014. Dr. Shafiee’s lab strives to develop innovative diagnostic tools to address unmet clinical challenges through integrating biology/medicine, micro- and nanotechnology, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence. His work has been recognized by some of the major news outlets including CNN, the Guardian, Boston Globe, CBS News, STAT, New York Times, etc. He has mentored more than 60 postdoctoral research fellows, and undergraduate and graduate students. With an emphasis on translational research, he hopes to train the next generation of bioengineers and scientists to work at the forefront of bioengineering and regenerative medicine, and to expand the boundaries of this exciting field.

Contact: Devrim Gözüaçık