Sensing for Preventive Healthcare
An Ongoing Honors Project
The act of monitoring and analyzing multiple biomarkers, more specifically glucose through sweat and arrhytmias and hypertension through the use of an electrocardiagram and PPG sensors, has the potential to shape an individual's mindset toward health. The project aims to explore how the awareness of a comprehensive set of biomarkers may influence behaviors related to lifestyle choices, exercise routines, and dietary preferences, in order to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Skills Gained
Project Management
Research Techniques (Biology, Chemistry, Wearability)
Circuitry
Responsibilities:
As initiator of the project I had to learn to pitch my concept to potential teammates to recruit as well as coordonate and oversee the progress and direction of the project. Besides this I also had to expand my biology knowledge fast in order to be able to have a sensible conversation with experts. As a project where self-sufficiency was the main word, I can confidently say that I was able to direct the process successfully as team manager.
Results
Through an extensive iterative process and many pivots alongside our journey we were able to prove a significant correlation between the estimated Blood Pressure using the Pulse Transit Time method and the one measured using conventional methods.
Our report with all details can be found through this link.