Computational point-of-care sensing pipeline with uncertainty quantification. Image credit: Ozcan Lab @ UCLA. June 3, 2026 Computational point-of-care sensors can significantly improve access to diagnostics by enabling rapid patient testing outside of centralized medical facilities. These tests rely on machine learning models to make diagnostic predictions, but such inference models are susceptible to hallucinations and […]
Closing the gap between suspecting a heart attack and confirming it
A highly sensitive cardiac test brings traditional lab diagnostics to the field, when it’s most needed Illustration of a portable cardiac troponin I testing system that wirelessly transmits results to a smartphone A person having a heart attack may be only feet from medical care but miles from the laboratory testing needed to […]
PATHS-UP IPAB Newsletter – READ ALL ABOUT IT!
📢 New PATHS-UP IPAB Newsletter – 1st Quarter 2025 📢 We’re excited to share the latest edition of the PATHS-UP Industry Practitioner Advisory Board (IPAB) Newsletter! This issue highlights: ✅ Dr. Aydogan Ozcan’s Election to the National Academy of Engineering – Recognizing his contributions to mobile sensing and telepathology. ✅ New Startup Spotlight: CardiaTex, Inc. […]
New Thrust 2 Lead!
We have a new Thrust 2 lead, Dr Hatice Ceylan Koydemir. We would however like to first thank Dr. Kristen Maitland for her service within PATHS-UP and wish her all the best in her future endeavours. We recently had a Q&A with our new Thrust 2 lead which is an assistant professor at Texas A&M. […]
PATHS UP in Top 10 Cited Paper of Biosensors 2021
Congratulations to our PATHS-UP team on getting a top 10 cited paper, Sources of Inaccuracy in Photoplethysmography for Continuous Cardiovascular Monitoring of 2021 in Biosensors. This was a Thrust 3 paper, spear headed by two PhD students, and Dr Jessica Ramella- Roman and her team in FIU. Figure 1 (a) Photoplethysmography (PPG) waveform: 1. systolic peak; 2. […]
Introducing the New SLC 2021 Members
Introducing the newest SLC members. Read their bios below: Andres is a 4th year graduate student working toward a Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University. His research interests include medical devices, biomedical optics, and wearables. He hopes to make a positive impact on students and underserved communities by promoting our ERCs innovation ecosystem […]
PATHS-UP 2nd Quarter Newsletter
PATHS-UP has recently wrapped up the second quarter of our second year. Check out what’s been going on in the PATHS-UP Community in our 2nd quarter newsletter:
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Benden on being named NAI Senior Member
PATHS-UP would like to congratulate Dr. Mark Benden being named a Senior member of the National Academy of Inventors inaugural class.
Jessica Ramella-Roman elected SPIE Fellow
Congratulations to Jessica Ramella-Roman who has been elected to the grade of SPIE Fellow.