Kathleen Uske
Patient Centered Medicine
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Born and raised in Staten Island, New York, Kathleen Uske is a junior Biomedical Engineering student specializing in the Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering track. Additionally, she is a member of the Honors Biomedical Engineering Society and the Honors College's Interdisciplinary Design Studio program, a student research program which focuses on transforming innovation to entrepreneurship. Kathleen is the leader of the SmartGuardian research team. This project, under the advisement of Dr. Atam Dhawan, focuses on the creation of smart bathroom environments for the purpose of monitoring both physiological and behavioral signals of elderly individuals. The impact of the project focuses on addressing the needs of a growing U.S. elderly population and the need for electronic healthcare systems. Kathleen has represented SmartGuardian as a participant in the Capital One sponsored Innovation Accelerator Program, presented at NJIT's Undergraduate Research Symposium and has been chosen as a finalist for a research grant from Kendal Charitable Funds.
