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Research Pillars

BioHealth Informatics

How can we use data to improve medicine & healthcare?

  • The Logical Structure of Psychiatry
  • Quantifying Patient Preference in Values-Based Practice from Cross-over Design Clinical Trials

Innovation

What is Innovation?

  • A Novel Difference Equation System and Forecasting Engine
  • Measuring Innovation

Protein Electrodynamics

What are the implications of the electromagnetic properties of biological macromolecules?

  • Several projects in collaboration with:
    • METU (Ankara, Turkey) – Terahertz spectrum of tryptophan, water-terahertz interactions, terahertz-based SARS-CoV-2 detection
    • Ohio State University – Time-domain terahertz spectroscopy of cancer and neurologic diseases
    • University of Texas at Dallas – CMOS-based integrated sub-THz source/sensor for biological sensing, including tissue hydration measurement
  • Large-scale intermolecular interactions among biological macromolecules

Medical Literacy

How can increased Medical Literacy improve healthcare outcomes?

  • The Role of Education in Determinants of Health
  • Integrated Overview of Medicine as an Innovation for Medical Education
  • Approaches to Increasing Medical Literacy in the General Public

Information Design

How can a variety of fields, from the hard sciences to art, enhance the organization, interpretation, understanding and presentation of information?

  • Work in progress