Come to Problem Day this Friday, Sept 28, and engage with student and physician entrepreneurs who will be going through the Sling Health accelerator this year.
Location: Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (520 S Euclid Ave) - metro accessible. See this map for parking suggestions.
Itinerary:
5:00 – 6:00 PM – Inter-professional Networking event (2nd floor)
6:00 – 6:15 PM – Keynote: Dr. Michael Glamore, CEO, Laparoknot
6:15 – 8:00 PM – Problem Day poster presentations (1st floor)
8:00 – 10:00 PM – Mixer at Mandarin Lounge (free cover, 21+ only)
Note: If you are unable to make it to Problem Day, but are interested in joining a team, don't worry! Apply to Sling Health, take a look at who the project leaders are and what problems they are interested in, then visit bit.ly/ProblemDay18 to mark which project leaders you are interested in, and we will share your contact info with them.
Project Leaders & Problems:
Saeed Arefanian, M.D.
General Surgery Research Fellow
· Interested in improving minimally invasive surgery equipment
· Improving endoscopic image orientation
Noah Basri
WUSTL medical student
· Improving equity in kidney paired donation
Joe Beggs
WUSTL dual-degree Biomedical Engineering (from Grinnell College)
· Medication non-compliance costs the U.S. health care system an estimated $290 billion every year in avoidable expenses. Let's help patients take their medicine.
· Noninvasive recurrence screening for basal cell carcinoma
Timon Brandl & Ruskin Singh
WUSTL Business Analytics student | Data Scientist | Market Researcher
· Improving production planning, optimization, and reporting for pharmaceutical companies
Cassie Davis
WUSTL M.Eng. in Biomedical Innovation student
· Improving physician experience during colorectal surgery to improve outcomes
Khader Eskandar
WUSTL Biomedical Engineering Major, Systems Engineering Minor
· Design a novel device to assess spatial neglect in stroke survivors to help understand the condition and develop better therapies for it.
Lea Fang
WUSTL 2nd year Occupational Therapy graduate student
· Improving the ergonomics and design of walkers/mobility devices
· Providing intuitive wheelchair control for people with various disabilities
Susan Gallagher
Distance" PhD student in Nursing | Geriatric nurse | Researcher
· Increasing oral health compliance of dementia residents in long-term care
· Improving the general oral health status of older adults with dementia in long-term and acute care hospital settings
Max Gillespie
WUSTL junior in Computer Engineering
· Decreasing malpractice in clinics through health systems improvements
Young Guang
WUSTL 3rd year Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate
· Combatting toxin buildup during organ surgeries by controlling blood flow
Mariya Gusman, M.D.
WUSTL Neuroradiology Fellow (post-graduate year 6)
· Reduce barriers to medically proven self-care for mental well-being
· Prevent fluid overload in patients with heart and/or kidney failure through wearable technology
Nedim Hodzic*
SLU junior in Mechanical Engineering
· Improving the delivery of providing chest compressions as an emergency tool
Aakanksha Jadhav
WUSTL MBA student
· Create an application to aggregate lifestyle information from fitness trackers for health insurance companies
Cameran Jones
SLU junior in Health Sciences (pre-med)
· How can we improve the communication and delivery of health care information between family caregivers, paid-caregivers, and medical clinicians in Alzheimer’s patients?
Hataka Minami & Will Parkinson
SLU M1 | WUSTL dual degree BS in E.E. and M. Eng. in Biomedical Innovation
· Giving postural feedback about center of gravity for patients undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation therapy
Ramakrishna Pappu*
Medical device entrepreneur, innovator, and author w/ 6 years’ experience building and taking devices to market
· An accurate way to detect silent myocardial infarction to prevent irreversible cardiac damage in non-hospitalized high risk-patients
· A safer and more effective way to manage raised intracranial pressure in trauma patients to prevent coning and brainstem herniation
Brinda Perumal
WUSTL MBA student
· Providing patients with a way to carry and store health records to improve logistical efficiency and avoid test and diagnostic repetition
· Automating CPR so that anyone can perform CPR, even without training
Anju Singh
WUSTL MBA student w/ 7 years software consulting experience
· Develop application/online forum to provide depressed patients with a social outlet and volunteer counseling
· Develop application to give real time performance feedback to physicians, as is done in the consumer industry
Shaun Vaid
WUSTL MBA student w/ 6 years experience in finance and operations, helped launch 2 startups, partner at OpComm (3rd place at 2018 Demo Day, accepted to Alchemist Accelerator in San Francisco)
· Improving communication between patients, caregivers, and clinicians in home health settings
· Enhancing emergency department workflow to improve patient volume, patient satisfaction, and revenue generated for hospital
Benjamin Wolf
WUSTL 5th year PhD student in Plant and Microbial Biosciences and co-founder of Engine 2 Photonics, LLC, a horticultural lighting company
· Making home growing easier and more affordable for urban Americans to eliminate issues with pesticides, contamination, and reduced freshness
Chi Yee*
WUSTL MBA student with market research and life sciences sales experience
· Redesigning white coats to reduce disease transmission, increase carrying capacity, and add functionality
Sean Yu
2nd Year BME PhD candidate focusing on Biomedical Informatics
· Improved continuous patient status monitoring outside of the ICU setting
· a patient-aware, clinical decision support tool
*Not present at Problem Day. Please reach out to these project leaders via email if you are interested in their projects