REU Site: Wireless Health Research and Education

REU 网站：无线健康研究和教育

• 批准号: 1560483
• 负责人: Gregory Pottie
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560483&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Wireless; Health; Research

Abstract: REU Site: Wireless Health Research and EducationThe Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Site for Wireless Health Research and Education addresses the problem of how to enable low-cost monitoring of patients in the community to ensure the effectiveness of prescribed therapies. Consider the example of physical rehabilitation. Exercises performed under the supervision of a physical therapist will be done properly. But once the patient goes home, there is no assurance that the exercises necessary for recovery are done properly, or at all. With modern information technology such as smart phones and radio-capable sensors, it is now possible to deploy systems that are easy for patients to use that provide such monitoring. Together with processing of the data the sensors produce, meaningful feedback can be provided to both the patients and their caregivers on how well they are doing the exercises, and whether they can progress to the next set. This promises both better care and lower cost in providing it. This is especially important with the aging of the population, and the need for additional assistance in achieving independent living for as long as possible. Students will work on developing new technologies for such applications during their summer research. Some of the projects initiated will then be used as the jumping off point for undergraduate and graduate courses in the following year for many more students to develop them further while also learning about this emerging field of wireless health. Thus, the research and educational components are tightly coupled, resulting in training of many engineers to support the important societal goal of improved and lower cost healthcare.This Site will impact both scientific and educational research communities. The intellectual focus of this proposal is on the development of wireless health experimental equipment and procedures with the goal of enabling large-scale deployments in the community for applications including physical rehabilitation, monitoring of chronic conditions, sports training and promotion of wellness (e.g., through exercise). Presently, monitoring methods are either costly or require elaborate calibration; our focus is on robust procedures that are tolerant of equipment misuse. To this end, tools and procedures produced in the summers will be further extended in regular courses, including senior design, to harden the designs through exposure to larger populations. In this way a much larger of group of undergraduate students will participate in research, with tools that are refreshed in each academic year. This research will have multiple benefits: increasing students' skills, knowledge base, and preparation for future study; and contributing to research breakthroughs with scientific, medical, and social relevance. The main objective of this Site is to provide high quality research experiences and professional development to undergraduates, especially women and underrepresented students. Our recruitment efforts will focus on identifying students from other institutions, particularly those that may not have access to research opportunities, to participate in the program. With carefully designed research projects, participating undergraduates become actively involved in the research of the Wireless Health Institute, gaining a first-hand experience of life as a graduate student. This experience (balancing research, professional development, and networking activities) benefits the undergraduate scholars but also provides value to participating graduate student and faculty mentors, and the broader research communities. Moreover, the tools and procedures developed will each year support 50 undergraduates per year in pursuing research through regularly scheduled senior design courses. Finally, students in other summer research programs, particularly from community colleges, participate in our scaffolding designed to enhance progress to research.

摘要：REU研究中心：无线健康研究和教育本科生（REU）无线健康研究和教育网站的研究经验解决了如何使低成本监测社区患者的问题，以确保处方治疗的有效性。以身体康复为例。在物理治疗师的监督下进行的练习将被正确地完成。但是，一旦病人回家，就不能保证康复所需的锻炼得到了适当的完成，或者根本不能保证。随着智能手机和无线传感器等现代信息技术的发展，现在可以部署患者易于使用的系统来提供此类监测。通过处理传感器产生的数据，可以向患者及其护理人员提供有意义的反馈，了解他们的锻炼情况，以及他们是否可以进入下一组。这既可提供更佳的护理，又可减低护理成本，尤其是在人口老化的情况下，以及在需要额外援助以尽量维持独立生活的情况下。学生将在夏季研究期间为此类应用开发新技术。一些启动的项目将被用作下一年本科和研究生课程的起点，让更多的学生进一步发展它们，同时也了解无线健康这一新兴领域。因此，研究和教育的组成部分是紧密结合的，导致许多工程师的培训，以支持改善和降低成本的医疗保健的重要社会目标。这个网站将影响科学和教育研究社区。该提案的智力重点是开发无线健康实验设备和程序，目标是在社区中进行大规模部署，用于包括身体康复、慢性病监测、运动训练和促进健康（例如，通过锻炼）。目前，监测方法要么是昂贵的，或需要精心校准;我们的重点是强大的程序，容忍设备滥用。为此，夏季制作的工具和程序将在包括高级设计在内的常规课程中进一步推广，通过接触更多的人群来强化设计。通过这种方式，一个更大的本科生群体将参与研究，并在每个学年更新工具。这项研究将有多重好处：提高学生的技能，知识基础，为未来的学习做准备;并有助于科学，医学和社会相关性的研究突破。该网站的主要目标是为本科生，特别是女性和代表性不足的学生提供高质量的研究经验和专业发展。我们的招聘工作将侧重于确定来自其他机构的学生，特别是那些可能无法获得研究机会的学生，参加该计划。通过精心设计的研究项目，参与的本科生积极参与无线健康研究所的研究，获得作为研究生的第一手生活经验。这种经验（平衡研究、专业发展和网络活动）使本科学者受益，但也为参与的研究生和教师导师以及更广泛的研究社区提供了价值。此外，开发的工具和程序每年将支持50名本科生通过定期安排的高级设计课程进行研究。最后，学生在其他夏季研究计划，特别是从社区学院，参加我们的脚手架设计，以提高研究进展。