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May 18, 2018

Start-up using Purdue-patented disease detection platform receives NSF I-Corps grant

Researchers from the Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering have received a $50K National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Team grant to explore market opportunities for a patented smartphone-enabled technology to provide medical workers with rapid, accurate disease diagnosis at the point-of-care.
May 7, 2018

Two Weldon School researchers awarded Trask Innovation Fund

Weldon School researchers Jean Chmielewski and Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, along with two other Purdue faculty members, will share nearly $115,000 in funding from the Trask Innovation Fund to further develop their innovations and move life-changing technologies through the commercialization pipeline.
May 5, 2018

Purdue researchers, backed by Gates Foundation, developing device to enable pregnant women to detect serious health complications

Purdue University researchers are developing an app and wearable technology to enable pregnant women to use a smartphone to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that could lead to serious health complications for them or their unborn child. The team, led by Craig Goergen, an assistant professor in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, is developing a low-cost automated early detection sensor of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication caused by high blood pressure that can cause organ damage and premature birth.
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