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The Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations (PATHS-UP) ERC has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2017 and was recently renewed for another five years. This renewal will allow the research center to continue its important work in developing new technologies and health systems that can make a difference in the lives of underserved populations.

Dr. Farzan Sasangohar and his team from the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems have created the Mental Health Evaluation and Lookout pilot program (mHELP), which combines commercial smartwatches with advanced machine learning and a wide range of sensors to detect signs and symptoms of high anxiety to direct users to mental health and self-care resources.

Dr. Gerard Coté, director of the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, received the Walston Chubb Award for Innovation from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.

Dr. Roozbeh Jafari and his team from the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create an unobtrusive, wrist-worn, cuffless blood pressure monitor that a user can wear all night while asleep for constant readings.

Dr. Mike McShane and his research team from the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems have created a minimally invasive biosensor system that may hold the key to future point-of-care therapies centered around personal management of gout, and possibly other conditions.

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University have created an app that could help them manage their condition outside of a clinical setting.

A group of researchers from the College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy and College of Engineering at Texas A&M University are working to develop an affordable and reliable test that can accurately detect preeclampsia within a woman’s first trimester-and possibly reverse it.

Roozbeh Jafari, a biomedical engineer whose research focuses on wearable computer design and signal processing, has joined the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems (CRHTS) at Texas A&M University.

Xia Hu, a computer science engineer whose research focuses on big data, has joined the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems (CRHTS) at Texas A&M University.

Pao-Tai Lin, an electrical and computer engineer whose research focuses on flexible electronics, has joined the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems (CRHTS) at Texas A&M University.