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Research Seminar: Internal Speaker Series – Dr. Calvin Kuo: If it quacks like a duck – challenges and opportunities for interpreting data from wearable and remote devices in clinical care
Zoom Meeting ID: 693 4383 4453
Passcode: 608808
Location:
SHRM B1001, Gordon B. Shrum Building
Talk title: If it quacks like a duck – challenges and opportunities for interpreting data from wearable and remote devices in clinical care
Abstract: Around one in four Canadians consistently use a wearable device to monitor aspects of their health from physical activity to sleep. While individuals use this data to help track and monitor health goals (and big tech uses this data to develop and sell new products), very little of this data is making its way towards healthcare practitioners to drive clinical decisions and treatments. In this talk, I’ll discuss some of the common challenges we address when thinking about incorporating wearable technologies into clinical care, and the work we do to address data quality and user compliance in wearable technology use. I will also discuss future directions for the lab as AI and ML tools become more advanced for tackling large longitudinal datasets and personalized outcomes from different conditions and treatments.
Dr. Calvin Kuo‘s biography:
Dr. Calvin Kuo is an assistant professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Centre for Aging SMART at the VCHRI. He runs the Human Motion Biomechanics Lab (HuMBL) which focuses on the development and implementation of wearable technologies in clinical care. The lab works with partners across Vancouver, including St. Paul’s Hospital, VGH, and BC Children’s Hospital addressing applications from cardiac arrest detection to pediatric sleep monitoring. Calvin received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from Caltech in 2007 (DEI) before working as a robotics software engineer for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He then returned to get his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering under David Camarillo at Stanford University studying head impact biomechanics in contact sports. Before starting his position in the SBME, Calvin was a Killam postdoctoral fellow in the School of Kinesiology and Department of Computer Science at UBC with Dr. Jean-Sébastien Blouin and Dr. Dinesh Pai. Calvin has a small Maltese dog named Goose that frequents his office looking for pets and treats.