Innovative Research Talk with Zhengwei Li
Thursday, November 21, 2024
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Zhengwei Li will discuss the results of his pilot project, “Development of Ultrasensitive Smart Bioelectronic sensors for Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Health Disparities Reducing Among Black Americans.”
Each year, over 145,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC), with Black Americans facing a 20% higher incidence and 40% higher death rate than other racial groups. Increasing evidence shows that biophysical signaling can serve as a marker for CRC prognosis, potentially adding novel anti-metastasis therapeutics to current treatments. Li is developing ultrasensitive bioelectronic sensors for CRC prevention, aiming to use biosensors as accessible diagnostic tools in clinical and home settings to help reduce health disparities among Black Americans.
About the Speaker
Zhengwei Li, Ph.D. is an assistant professor and Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston. His research interests focus on the interface between humans and machines to create novel materials, devices and robotics for healthcare and biomedical applications. Li’s current research initiatives include Curvy wearable electronics, biohybrid living robotics (‘Bio-bots’), biomedical devices and instrumentations, bioelectronics neural interfaces and bioinspired and biohybrid systems.
- Location
- Online
- Cost
- Free