This June, Brown University will explore the next generation of technologies that monitor and deliver healthcare for older adults in the living environment. Please save the date and join us at South Street Landing in Providence, RI June 9 -10, 2022.
During the workshop, we recommend mask wearing at all times except when eating or drinking, and encourage attendees to perform a rapid antigen test each morning.
- Address critical needs that will reduce the stress on the healthcare system;
- Design technologies through the lens of equity, inclusiveness, and accessibility; and
- Ensure technologies can be translated to the living environment within 10 years.
In the workshop, you will participate in interdisciplinary teams to explore live simulations with trained actors navigating either assisted or independent living environments. Your team will identify current technological gaps and future engineering opportunities in noninvasive sensing and physiological monitoring, data security, and artificial intelligence. Each simulated built environment will provide opportunities to explore health conditions including:
- Cardiovascular and metabolic disease
- Behavioral and psychological health
- Osteoarthritis
It’s the “un-virtual” workshop experience, allowing participants to engage in-person with experts and thought leaders from academia, healthcare, industry and the patient community. Participants will have the opportunity to share insights about market and industry needs and opportunities, and hear from leading scientists and engineers about the frontiers of home health technologies.
Building on the outputs of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to:
- Co-author a peer-reviewed report on the outcomes of the workshop,
- Participate in a seed-funding student-driven competition, and
- Be a critical partner to help establish a new research initiative on the frontiers of equitable healthcare technologies.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech, (NAE, NAM, MacArthur Fellowship)
Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lihong Wang, California Institute of Technology, (NAE)
Eric Perakslis, Duke University
Stefan Gravenstein, Brown University
Agenda
DAY 1: |
Thursday June 9 |
| 8:15 | Registration, Coffee, Tea and Pastries |
| 8:45 | Welcome from Kimani Toussaint, Workshop Chair |
| 9:00 | Plenary 1: Ruby Mendenhall: Diversity and Access to Home Technologies/OR/Healthcare Opportunities |
| 9:30 | Setting the Stage for Today’s Workshop |
| 10:15 | Plenary 2: Deborah Estrin: Extended Reality to Support Elder Care |
| 10:45 | Break/Travel to NEC on the ground floor of SSL |
| 11:00 | Session 1: Rotation 1 to Living Environment Simulations |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Plenary 3: Lihong Wang: Photoacoustic Imaging with Clinical Translation |
| 1:30 | Travel to NEC on the ground floor of SSL |
| 1:45 | Session 2: Rotation 2 to Living Environment Simulations |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Team Discussion and Analysis |
| 4:00 | Team Report-out |
| 4:45 | Day 1 – Closing |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| Dinner will be on your own; a link to Google Maps with our favorite local restaurants will be provided. | |
Day 2: |
Friday June 10 |
| 8:15 | Coffee, Tea and Pastries |
| 8:45 | Welcome to Day 2 |
| 9:00 | Plenary 4: Stefan Gravenstein: Making a Nursing Home Age Friendly: the Intersection of Culture, Biology, Technology |
| 9:30 | Plenary 5: Panel: From Idea to Impact… |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Session 3: Imagine a system level intervention |
| 12:30 | Closing comments by Kimani Toussaint |
| 1:00 | Adjourn- Grab and go lunch boxes will be available |
Please check the information about our previous workshop here.
On behalf of the Steering Committee
Co-Chairs:
Kimani C. Toussaint and Angus Kingon,
Brown University
Jennifer Mammen,
University of Rhode Island
Committee Members:
Betsy Stubblefield Loucks, Edel Minogue, Rutendo Jakachira, Edith Mathiowitz, John Patena and Megan Ranney,
Brown University
Kevin Kornegay,
Morgan State University
Shreya Divatia,
Dartmouth Institute and Philips
Co-sponsors
