🌾Did you know that field burning can pose serious risks to both human health and the environment? 🌏 Franklin Lurie, Vianda Nguyen, Montanna Riggs, and George Tilton-Low took on the challenge to find a solution that will turn an agricultural waste product, rice straw, into an income-generating product for farmers — an enzyme called xylanase that is used in the manufacturing of paper, food, animal feed, biofuel, and textiles. Through their work in the Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design course, the FunGuys team researched a way to genetically engineer a fungus that can quickly and easily degrade rice straw and could present a more affordable and eco-friendly alternative to field burning. “This project is exciting because there can be some compelling planetary health benefits if we address greenhouse gas emissions… [When] changing agricultural practices to potentially benefit millions of small farmers, you can also have a profound impact on human health.” Read more about their proposal here: https://lnkd.in/eeappKvj
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Applications are open! Become a 2025-26 Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellow. Application link 👇🏾 #innovationeducation #healthtech
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🫀🩺“We were able to observe some of these babies in the NICU. It's heartbreaking.… We all felt that a better solution could make a huge difference in enabling more informed care decisions and better patient outcomes”. Pedro Ambriz Jr., Zofia Dudek, Dylan MacFarlane, Amin Sajjadian, and Khanh Tran first learned about the need to better measure and monitor the Qp/Qs ratio, or blood oxygenation, in babies with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) during their Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design class. In babies with this rare congenital heart defect, the left side of the heart is underdeveloped and multiple surgeries are required to treat the condition soon after birth. The Circadium team developed a concept for a wireless implant to measure the blood flow more accurately without the use of anesthesia or invasive catheterization. Read more about the challenges of developing this solution: https://lnkd.in/enEx4a-P
Circardium: Improving the Lives of Newborns with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
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Medical ML+XR, Host/Editorial Board @Nature Digital Medicine, AI/Aerospace Medicine @ Mayo Clinic, Quinn Lab @Kings College London. Med student @Qatar
I'm excited to host the first episode in the 'Who’s Who in Our 'X' Community?' series on Nature Portfolio Digital Medicine's podcast series. We highlight Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign's efforts toward digital health education for medical and CS students with Vishnu Ravi, MD Paul Schmiedmayer Oliver Aalami Stanford Spezi. Mark your calendars for July 17th 12 pm EST, 9 am PDT.
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What is the Innovation Fellowship experience like for international applicants? 🎓🌏 Hear firsthand from five alumni about their journeys to the Bay Area, the challenges and opportunities they encountered, and the invaluable lessons they learned throughout the program. Don’t miss this opportunity to get all your questions answered! 📅Date: Thursday 7/18 ⏰Time: 10:00 am PT 💬Registration Link: https://bit.ly/4crUwqX #biodesign #fellowship #webinar #healthtech #medtech
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Our purpose at Stanford Biodesign is to advance health outcomes and equity through innovation education, translation, and policy. We’re thrilled to share that technologies developed by our trainees *during* their Stanford Biodesign training have helped more than 13 million people to date! 🎉 As we educate the next generation of innovators, millions more people will be impacted around the world. Thank you to our phenomenal educators, mentors, donors, staff, and other supporters whose unwavering commitment to our trainees makes this impact possible! #Biodesign #innovationeducation #healthtech #medtech #biotech #digitalhealth
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“Behind every idea to improve healthcare, there are patients waiting. For them, don’t just see a problem, become the solution. Make it personal.”―Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16). Join a community of enthusiastic innovators and transform healthcare. Apply for the 2025-26 Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship! Check the link in the comments to learn more. #innovationeducation #healthtech
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LGBTQ+ youth are three times more likely to experience anxiety, and yet, more than 60% do not receive the help they need due to a lack of adequate and inclusive mental health support resources. Veronica Augustina Bot, Ananya Khosla, Katrina Liou, Zahra Rastegar, Sadorian Robertson, and Twan Sia believe that existing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based apps do not target the unique personal and societal issues faced by LGBTQ+ youth. To address this need, they created “My Journey”: a queer-focused CBT app designed to encourage daily engagement, and offer peer support. “Through our engaging platform, we hope to increase adherence to CBT … and, ultimately, play a role in reducing LGBTQ+ teen suicide attempts. The app can also benefit other stakeholders, including therapy providers, by reducing the burden of care via a prevention strategy for LGBTQ+ teens. It could even impact school boards by bringing awareness to the subject of queer mental health, hopefully leading to policy reforms that strengthen access to mental healthcare in schools.” Read more about their vision and development here: https://lnkd.in/e-mGWwe8
My Journey: Making Mental Health Support Accessible to LGBTQ+ Teens
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🎓🌍 Are you an international candidate interested in our Biodesign Innovation Fellowship? Join some of our recent alums as they discuss their experiences in the fellowship as international trainees. Hear firsthand about their journey coming to the Bay Area, the challenges and the opportunities they encountered, and the invaluable lessons they learned along the program. This webinar is an opportunity to gain insights and ask your questions. Save the date! 📅Date: Thursday 7/18 ⏰Time: 10:00 am PT 🔗Register here: https://bit.ly/4crUwqX #biodesign #fellowship #webinar
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CEO of Oculogica. On a mission to improve brain health.
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