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This past week, we kicked off the 6th year of our popular Building for Digital Health course, instructed by Oliver Aalami, MD, Carlos Guestrin, PhD, Vishnu Ravi, MD, Paul Schmiedmayer, PhD, and Aydin Zahedivash, MD. Throughout the quarter, computer science, engineering, and medical students will work together to develop real-world digital health solutions using our open-source Stanford Spezi framework in conjunction with wearable devices, sensors, and AI models including LLMs. The program features an exciting mix of projects this year including clinical and research collaborations with Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford faculty, industry partnerships with Regeneron and QuanBio.com, and an international initiative with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. We are fortunate to have an exceptional team guiding our students this year, including project mentors Henry Wei, MD, Gillian Mac Lochlainn PhD, Meera Sankar, MD, Johannes Jung, MD, PhD, Janey Pratt, MD, FACS, Daryl DeGuzman, RN, Gillian L. Fell, MD, and Astrid Androsch, project coaches Adrit Rao, Felix M. Schlegel, and Nick Riedman, and course manager Meghana Nerurkar. Follow our journey through the course by connecting with us @ Stanford Biodesign Digital Health and Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign. To learn more about the course and this year's projects, visit https://cs342.stanford.edu.

Celebrating the conclusion of this year's CS342 Building for Digital Health course at Stanford University! Our teams of talented computer science and medical students collaborated with clinical faculty and industry partners to develop six innovative healthcare solutions using the Stanford Spezi open-source ecosystem of modules. Their impressive projects include: - Early prediction systems for neutropenic fever - Novel non-invasive detection methods for cardiovascular disease - Mobile interventions targeting childhood obesity - Addressing feeding challenges in newborns - Continuous, accurate cough measurement tools for chronic respiratory conditions The students overcame significant technical challenges, including developing their own on-device AI models, integrating data from novel Bluetooth devices, and creating intuitive, engaging user interfaces. I'm incredibly proud of their achievements and excited to see these solutions advance to clinical and research implementation. Next week, we're headed to Sweden to collaborate with Torbjörn Lundh, Peter Kelly, MD, Stefan Candefjord and their team to launch a similar program at Chalmers University of Technology, marking the first time our course has been replicated internationally! Follow Stanford Biodesign Digital Health and Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign to learn more about these groundbreaking projects! I'd like to extend my sincere congratulations and thanks to my exceptional colleagues on the teaching team Paul Schmiedmayer, Aydin Zahedivash, Nick Riedman, Adrit Rao, Felix M. Schlegel, Meghana Nerurkar, Leon Nissen, our project mentors Henry Wei, Meera Sankar, Janey Pratt, Astrid Androsch, Johannes Jung, Thomas Kaar and our course directors Oliver Aalami and Carlos Guestrin for the incredible opportunity to teach for the fourth consecutive year!

When we think of New Jersey we think of the great innovations in Biotech, Medical Device and Pharma. Did you know that New Jersey is also a key state for #Medtech ? Several start-ups such as QuanBio.com have chosen to grow in New Jersey because of our "Best-In-Class" life sciences ecosystem. We see #MedTech as a huge opportunity for workforce growth. As a matter of fact, just last Friday, the state announced their partnership with Microsoft and CoreWeave , jointly they will be creating a state-of-art #AI Innovation Hub, which will be located at 619 Alexander Road in West Windsor, in space provided by Princeton University . New Jersey is poised to ignite all of our business sectors by utilizing #AI.......especially in drug development, bioinformatics as well as clinical trials for Life Sciences! #LifeScienceNJ #AIinNJ #MadeInNewJersey #NewJerseyTheInnovationState Shout out to Deloitte for producing this insightful AI for #MedTech summary!

⭐ Company Spotlight: Meet QuanBio.com ⭐ Did you know: Cardiovascular issues, often referred to as silent killers, are typically diagnosed too late, when arteries are often up to 95% blocked. QuanBio's mission is to change that narrative by providing an affordable, accessible, and innovative solution. QuanBio, located at NJII's Incubator in Newark, is a groundbreaking company at the forefront of cardiovascular health innovation. Co-founded by Astrid Androsch and Dr. Vlad Friedman, a New York Presbyterian cardiologist, the company aims to address a significant gap in the healthcare system: early detection of cardiovascular disease. Read our latest spotlight on QuanBio and learn more about how they're transforming detection with AI and science to revolutionize cardiovascular health: https://lnkd.in/eWb9Epy6 #cardiovascularhealth #QuanBio #healthinnovation #vascularhealth #companyspotlight #NJII #healthtech

An eye-opening and well-organized BioNJ conference on AI & Digital Health at Stevens Institute of Technology in beautiful Hoboken. I had valuable discussions with Astrid Androsch on her AI non-invasive early detection of arterial occlusions, Rahul Mehendale on Live 150 - an innovative AI “life coach,” and Raj Amin on Arcade therapeutic games for mental health. Let's see how this impacts research in higher education! Felician University School of Arts & Sciences

Rutgers Health Hack 2024! At this year's Rutgers Health Hack 2024, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital played host to 214 participants from 53 unique institutions from all over the Northeastern Seaboard including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, The Johns Hopkins University, and many more. The group represented a rich blend of expertise—medicine and surgery (~25%), computer science and engineering (60%), and business and management (15%)—each bringing unique perspectives and solutions. We kicked off with a keynote address by Ira D. Solomon, MD, MPH, FACP MD, Chief Safety Officer at Johnson & Johnson, who set the stage with insights into the future of healthcare innovation and safety. We were incredibly grateful to have 50 mentors from all over the country who volunteered their time at their own expense. With an almost 4:1 participant-to-mentor ratio, the level of personalized guidance and support raised the bar on what was achieved. In the true spirit of collaboration, 22 diverse teams assembled and worked tirelessly for 48 hours, tackling some of the toughest challenges facing healthcare today. United in their mission to build something bigger than themselves, they pushed the boundaries of what’s possible. We are grateful to our technology partners Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Nokia Bell Labs and Cloudforce, who provided on-site engineering support and cloud resources. We look forward to our continued partnership! Very grateful to our sponsors - New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc., Nokia Bell Labs, Rutgers Health, Rutgers University, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital / Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health . A special thank you to the leadership who stood behind us and believed in our vision—Dean Amy Murtha, Dr. Michael Steinberg, Chancellor Brian Strom, Sr. Vice Chancellor Vicente Gracias, Michael Zwick, and a heartfelt thanks to Vice Chancellor for Population Health Ethan Halm, who was the first to champion this initiative. RWJBarnabas Health provided invaluable support, with a special shoutout to Dr. Christopher Gilligan, M.D. for his dedication and belief in our mission. Behind the scenes, an incredible team worked tirelessly to bring this event to life—thank you to Allison Marcucci, John (Jack) Hemphill, Aeos Gaea Baldevia, Dr. Daniel Schaer, Sai Somisetty, Jason Daniels, Kritika Singh, and many more - Your efforts made all the difference! A most sincere thanks to the brains and heart of the whole operation- Naveena Yanamala, MS, PhD, FASE Together, we proved that when brilliant minds unite with a shared purpose, anything is possible! Our virtual award ceremony will be on November 6th at 7:00 PM, details to follow! Stay tuned!

Rutgers Health Hack 2024! At this year's Rutgers Health Hack 2024, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital played host to 214 participants from 53 unique institutions from all over the Northeastern Seaboard including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, The Johns Hopkins University, and many more. The group represented a rich blend of expertise—medicine and surgery (~25%), computer science and engineering (60%), and business and management (15%)—each bringing unique perspectives and solutions. We kicked off with a keynote address by Ira D. Solomon, MD, MPH, FACP MD, Chief Safety Officer at Johnson & Johnson, who set the stage with insights into the future of healthcare innovation and safety. We were incredibly grateful to have 50 mentors from all over the country who volunteered their time at their own expense. With an almost 4:1 participant-to-mentor ratio, the level of personalized guidance and support raised the bar on what was achieved. In the true spirit of collaboration, 22 diverse teams assembled and worked tirelessly for 48 hours, tackling some of the toughest challenges facing healthcare today. United in their mission to build something bigger than themselves, they pushed the boundaries of what’s possible. We are grateful to our technology partners Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Nokia Bell Labs and Cloudforce, who provided on-site engineering support and cloud resources. We look forward to our continued partnership! Very grateful to our sponsors - New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc., Nokia Bell Labs, Rutgers Health, Rutgers University, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital / Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health . A special thank you to the leadership who stood behind us and believed in our vision—Dean Amy Murtha, Dr. Michael Steinberg, Chancellor Brian Strom, Sr. Vice Chancellor Vicente Gracias, Michael Zwick, and a heartfelt thanks to Vice Chancellor for Population Health Ethan Halm, who was the first to champion this initiative. RWJBarnabas Health provided invaluable support, with a special shoutout to Dr. Christopher Gilligan, M.D. for his dedication and belief in our mission. Behind the scenes, an incredible team worked tirelessly to bring this event to life—thank you to Allison Marcucci, John (Jack) Hemphill, Aeos Gaea Baldevia, Dr. Daniel Schaer, Sai Somisetty, Jason Daniels, Kritika Singh, and many more - Your efforts made all the difference! A most sincere thanks to the brains and heart of the whole operation- Naveena Yanamala, MS, PhD, FASE Together, we proved that when brilliant minds unite with a shared purpose, anything is possible! Our virtual award ceremony will be on November 6th at 7:00 PM, details to follow! Stay tuned!