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Duke researchers say smartphones, data may be key weapon in fight against COVID-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6BZUbyE3eE

Congratulations, Dr. Dunn, for being chosen as a Whitehead Scholar!

The Whitehead Scholars Program, supported through a gift from the Whitehead Charitable Foundation, helps attract and nurture the most promising biomedical researchers to the faculty at Duke University School of Medicine. Source: https://medschool.duke....

Emilia Grzesiak's poster awarded 3rd Place for Best Poster at Duke Research Computing Symposium

The poster "DARPA Prometheus Study: Digital Biomarkers to Predict Influenza Infection" was awarded 3rd place at Duke Research Computing Symposium's poster session. Emilia Grzesiak presented her project that is looking into how the Empatica E4 wearable...

Fostering Evidence-Based Precision Health: How Accurate is Our Wearable Data?

Wearable technology has the potential to transform healthcare and research through accessible, continuous, and longitudinal health monitoring. The coming ubiquity of wearable technology will particularly provide a unique opportunity to revolutionize...

Pratt Gardner Fellowship Award goes to Will!

Congratulations to our lab member, Will Wang, for receiving a Pratt Gardner fellowship which aspires to help attract and develop outstanding scholars at Duke University.

Way to go, Connor Davis!

Congratulations to our very own Connor Davis on completing his final Masters' presentation this fall semester!

Jessilyn Dunn lends expertise to STAT article: Fitbits and other wearables may not accurately track heart rates in people of color

An estimated 40 million people in the United States have smartwatches or fitness trackers that can monitor their heartbeats. But some people of color may be at risk of getting inaccurate readings. Read full article

PhD Candidate Brinnae Bent Duke Forge Blog

Wearables, Mobile Health, and a Healthcare Revolution Read Full Blog here

MS Student Danny Witt and PhD Candidate Brinnae Bent Take First at FHIR DevDays Global Hackathon

Student teams from all over the world competed in an Online Hackathon for the HL7 Student Track Cup Redmond 2019. Duke’s team was one of three finalists, winning 3-day passes to the HL7 FHIR Development Days Conference.  Three team members and their...

PhD Candidate Brinnae Bent awarded Duke Forge Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

The Forge pre-doctoral fellowship is a competitive, fully funded fellowship program focused on scholarship opportunities for research at the intersection of quantitative science and health. The Forge funds innovative, strategic, and creative research...

BIG IDEAs Lab featured in DukEngineer Magazine 2019

Improving Patient Outcomes by Analyzing Wearable Data: MEDx Investigator Jessilyn Dunn brings a fresh perspective on big data and wearable technology to Duke’s growing network of engineering and medical collaborations. Read the article Download the PDF

Jessilyn Dunn announced MEDx Pilot Project Grant Awardee

The awarded grants speak to the diversity of subject matter seen in this year’s applications: medical devices, vaccines, machine learning, digital health applications, as well as engagement by all Pratt School of Engineering departments and a diverse...

Jessilyn Dunn: Gaining Insights from Biomedical Big Data

Jessilyn Dunn will join the faculty of Duke University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics (B&B) beginning January 1, 2019. Read full article. With research centered on using large-scale...