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Disrupting Health Care Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring

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Michael Snyder, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Genetics
Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Stanford Medicine
Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar

Disrupting Health Care Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring

Date: Oct. 4, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

About this Seminar

Our present healthcare system focuses on treating people when they are ill rather than keeping them healthy. Dr. Snyder’s lab has been using big data and remote monitoring approaches to monitor people while they are healthy to keep them that way and detect disease at its earliest moment presymptomatically. Dr. Snyder’s lab uses advanced multiomics technologies (genomics, immunomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbiomics) as well as wearables and microsampling for actively monitoring health. Following a group of 109 individuals for over 13 years revealed numerous major health discoveries covering cardiovascular disease, oncology, metabolic health and infectious disease. The lab has also found that individuals have distinct aging patterns that can be measured in an actionable period of time. Finally, the lab has used wearable devices for early detection of infectious disease, including COVID-19 as well as microsampling for monitoring and improving lifestyle. Dr. Snyder believes that advanced technologies have the potential to transform healthcare and keep people healthy.

Additional Details

This is a free event hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and co-sponsored by the institute's Center for Exercise Medicine Research. The Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series, which runs annually from September to May, has featured leading biomedical researchers from throughout the country since the program began in 2012. The lectures are also open to all members of the Virginia Tech community including graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, and staff, as well as the public.

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