Noah Nicol
Dorsal horn interneuron generation from ESC and spinal integration of regionalized transplants.
Tag: health care
WID researchers are working to improve human health, including through initiatives targeting the health care system, from operating rooms and clinics to home health care and personal health information management. By approaching health care from expertise in data sciences, visualization, virtual reality, and other WID research strengths, WID can promote “healthy people” initiatives.
Many health care researchers at WID are a part of WID’s Data Science Hub.
The Big Dig: Tiny Earth Studentsources Antibiotic Discovery
From On Wisconsin Magazine: UW-Madison students are joining the hunt for new antibiotics in their introductory biology coursework and becoming part of the Tiny Earth network, based at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Juliana Reams
Using virtual reality to understand the way patients handle their home care in their environment.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery to Host Conference Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis
Tiny Earth’s 2018 symposium will feature experts on the front lines of the antimicrobial resistance crisis.
Wei Zhang
Application of deep learning to address various important problems in healthcare domain.
Virtual Environments Group
The LEL is a space and a place where scholars explore the connections among environment, technology, human action, experience, and visualization, with expertise in virtual and augmented reality.
Ponto Lab
Develop techniques to better the experience of virtual reality through new devices, interfaces, and techniques.
Arezoo Movaghar
Develop computational models to improve our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders
Ross Tredinnick
Systems Programmer
Immersive visualization, 3D environment scanning, virtual reality research and development
Kevin Ponto
Assistant Professor, Discovery Dialogue Hub Leader
Use virtual reality to simulate the experience of real-life spaces for real-world outcomes.
Immersed in the Ethics of Virtual Reality
The Living Environments Laboratory will host the Ethics in Investigational & Interventional Uses of Virtual Reality (e3iVR) conference beginning with public talks on the afternoon of April 26. More information and registration are at go.wisc.edu/e3iVR.
vizHOME Paper Wins Award for Phase I of Home Health Study
Researchers seeking participants with diagnosed diabetes to continue cutting edge research.
LEL’s Brennan Named to Lead National Library of Medicine
Expert in the area of digital health information and communication begins new position August 15th.
Imagining a Healthier Future
Patricia Flatley Brennan seeks to utilize imagination to optimize patient healthcare outcomes.
CSI: Discovery
An emerging collaboration between the Living Environments Lab at WID and the Dane County Sheriff’s office is bringing crime scene investigation into the 21st century with 3D scanning technology.
Discovery Fellow Aims to Predict Healthcare Outcomes
David Page tackles relational databases and algorithms to predict and improve patient health.
Tools for Discovery: Kevin Ponto
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
The Natural Order and Divine Law of Optimization
Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article “A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute”.
Researchers Search for New Ways to Balance Big Data and Privacy
How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.