Posted March 18, 2015
On March 10th, Dr. Samuel Sia from Columbia University gave the 2015 Undergraduate Seminar in Global Health. His talk, titled "Microfluidics for Personal Mobile Diagnostics" can be seen here: http://mediasite.mms.rpi.edu/Mediasite5/Play/3a14909e4cc7444182d0f15b33…
The abstract of his talk is shown below:
Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices have a tremendous potential for revolutionizing personal health. In the U.S., patients and consumers can have greater access to traditionally complex diagnostics, and in developing countries, mobile diagnostics provides immediate diagnosis in the field. We will discuss our lab's current efforts in these areas, in con-junction with partners in industry, public health, and local governments. Our tests span a variety of technologies, and target HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and chronic diseases.