Chronic disease develops and changes over time, often between brief doctor visits. Duke engineers are creating wearable sensors, advancing imaging, patient-specific models, engineered tissues, and healthier environments to detect disease earlier, track its progression, and help clinicians make better-informed decisions throughout a patient’s life.
Duke engineers are developing new ways to detect, understand and treat chronic diseases using advanced imaging, computational modeling and tissue engineering to improve how conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders are monitored, managed and treated.
By analyzing data from wearable devices and other health measurements, Dunn seeks to detect changes linked to diabetes earlier and monitor how the disease is monitored and managed.
McIntyre’s research seeks to improve deep brain stimulation, helping people with Parkinson’s and other chronic neurological conditions better manage debilitating symptoms.
Farsiu uses advanced imaging and AI to uncover early signs of diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases, giving clinicians better tools to monitor disease progression and guide care.
From diabetic wounds that struggle to heal to blood vessels damaged by aging, Gerecht investigates how the body’s vascular system breaks down and how engineered tissues could help restore function.
Leading PreMiEr’s work to understand and engineer the microbial communities in the places people live, work, and receive care.
Song develops more sensitive ultrasound technologies to reveal subtle changes in blood vessels and tissues, advancing research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular conditions.
Duke engineers are developing tools to identify risks earlier, measure disease more objectively, model the progression of damage, and invent new therapeutics and intervention strategies to prevent, treat, and manage disease, supporting better decision-making over time.
How do engineers work with clinicians and medical doctors to solve some of the most difficult problems facing medicine and healthcare today? The health issues around the globe that countless people experience cannot be solved by medical experts alone. Hear from four experts in environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering on the advances in science and engineering happening today.
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