Lauren Lederer
PhD Student
Biomedical Engineering
About Me:
Lauren Lederer is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the BIG IDEAs Lab at Duke University, where she focuses on the design and implementation of wearable systems for remote patient monitoring in both acute and chronic conditions. She earned her B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, combining strong technical foundations with clinical insight to develop scalable digital health solutions.
Lauren’s research centers on leveraging wearable technologies to monitor postoperative recovery, opioid use disorder, and pain, with a particular interest in building passive systems that integrate multimodal data - from wearables and environmental sensors to patient-reported outcomes. Her current projects include perioperative monitoring with wearable devices, developing a relapse risk prediction engine for opioid use disorder through the FDA CERSI initiative, studying pain during gynecological procedures, and estimating postprandial glucose using wearable-derived signals. Across these efforts, she aims to create systems that are not only technically robust but also clinically meaningful and patient-centered.
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- 2024-2025 Rhodes Graduate Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research
- 2025-2026 TAST National Science Foundation Graduate Trainee
