Watson Lecture: Wei Gao Shares His Advances in Wearable Biosensors for Better Health Management

What if a small wearable sensor could help you and your doctor monitor disease, stress, hormone levels, and more? On Wednesday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. PT in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium, Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, and Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar, will discuss his work on chemical biosensors that analyze human sweat to track important health measures such as metabolites, nutrients, hormones, proteins, and medication levels.

In a public talk called "Wearable Biosensors and the Future of Personalized Medicine" that continues the 101st season of the Watson Lectures, Gao will describe the tremendous opportunities that personalized medicine presents and explain how noninvasive, wearable technologies may propel new advances in precision nutrition, stress and mental health assessment, and chronic disease management. [Caltech story]