Home Health Technologies in 2032
This February, Brown University will host the first annual workshop, Home Health Technologies in 2032.
Led by the Brown University School of Engineering, this invite-only, virtual workshop will explore pathways that can generate home-based technologies that drive paradigm shifts in health care-for everyone. We will focus our questions on the following engineering design requirements:
- Address critical needs that will reduce the stress on the healthcare system;
- Design technologies through the lens of equity, inclusiveness, and accessibility, particularly for populations that are historically impacted by disparities in the health; and
- Ensure technologies can be translated to the home setting within 10 years.
In two afternoons, February 17-18, 2022 (1pm-4pm EST each day), participants will have the opportunity to engage with experts and thought leaders to explore several real-world, healthcare scenarios that would benefit from technological and scientific innovations.
Finally, attendees of this workshop 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 home-health technologies.
Keynote Speakers
Jennifer Goldsack, Digital Medicine Society
Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John A. Rogers, Northwestern University
Tejal Desai, University of California San Francisco and Incoming Dean of Brown School of Engineering
Agenda at a Glance
February 17-18, 2022 (Virtual)*
| Day 1 | |
| 1:00 |
Welcome Kimani Toussaint, Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Brown University Richard Locke, Provost, Brown University |
| 1:20 |
Plenary Panel 1: Setting the Stage Moderator: Anita Shukla, School of Engineering, Brown
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| 2:00 |
Session 1: Scenario Discussion A clinician presents a real-life situation that demonstrates some of their most pressing needs right now. Topics include: Annual Wellness Visit and the Primary Care Physician– Kristina Duarte, MD, Providence Community Health Center Care During Pandemics and Natural Disasters– Syra Madad, Senior Director, System-wide Special Pathogens Program Office, NYC Health and Hospitals Equitable Access to Healthcare– Elisa Wong, National Program Lead, Social Health Practice, Kaiser Permanente Cardiovascular Monitoring– Nishant Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University Emergency Medicine– Selim Suner, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Engineering Advancing Maternal Health– Jennifer Unger, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Women and Infants Hospital |
| 3:15 | Break |
| 3:25 |
Day 1 Closing Plenary John Rogers, Northwestern University – The Future of Healthcare Technology |
| 3:50 | Review of Overnight Activity and Day 2, Adjourn |
| 4:00 | Adjourn (That evening and following morning, the Brown hosts will develop the next phase for each scenario, integrating the discussion and drafting a solution or coalescing key questions). |
| DAY 2 | |
| 1:00 | Welcome – Angus Kingon, School of Engineering, Brown University |
| 1:15 | Scenario Presentations; Concept Maps from Day 1 |
| 2:00 |
Session 2: Advanced Scenario Discussion – Presented by Brown Workshop Hosts Return to the same break-out room as Day 1. |
| 2:30 |
Session 3: Exploration of What is Next The Organizing Committee will host a facilitated discussion with all participants to illuminate the big ideas that have emerged in the break-outs. |
| 3:25 | Break |
| 3:45 | Closing Remarks
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| 3:50 |
Day 2 Closing Kimani Toussaint, Senior Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, Brown |
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
* To request to join, please contact Betsy_Loucks@brown.edu before February 15.
Pre-recorded Presentations
| Topics | Presenter |
| Systems Change | Aidan Petrie, Founder, New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC), |
| Home ER/PCP monitoring | Hamish Fraser, Brown University, BCBI |
| Cardiovascular Monitoring |
Ross Hillard, Brown University |
| Gender-affirming hormone care | Molly Moravek, University of Michigan |
| Cardiovascular Monitoring | Sasha Bakhru, CEO of Perosphere Technologies Inc. |
| Fertility | Amy Divaraniya, CEO and founder of OOVA, Inc. |
Organizing Committee
Brown University: Kimani C. Toussaint (Co-Chair), Anita Shukla (Co-Chair), Angus Kingon (Co-Chair), Kayla Campbell, Christopher Dodson, Marissa Gray, Ross Hilliard, Rutendo Jakachira, Edith Mathiowitz, John Patena, Megan Ranney, Edel Minogue, and Betsy Stubblefield Loucks; Evelyn Hu, Harvard University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University
Contacts
Kimani C. Toussaint, Jr., Ph.D.
Email: kimani_toussaint@brown.edu
Betsy Loucks
Email: Betsy_Loucks@brown.edu
Co-sponsors
Please note that this virtual event, including attendees’ Zoom video, audio and screen name, and questions or chats, will be recorded.