Shalini Prasad
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Dr. Shalini Prasad is a biological engineer, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor of Systems Biology Science, and head of the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Dallas. She was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows in February 2022 "for pioneering contributions in engineering sweat wearables for disease tracking and management for chronic diseases and prognostic monitoring in pandemics."[1]
Research
In 2017, Prasad led a team of bioengineers to create a device that could detect elevated blood-sugar from sweat.[2][3] In 2020, she led a study to develop an assay that could be used to detect and measure the concentration of THC from cannabis in saliva.[4] In 2021, Prasad developed a biosensor, which uses the same technology as the sweat analysis device from 2017, with the addition that the device can now detect cortisol.[5]
Entrepreneurship
In 2014, Drs. Shalini Prasad and Sriram Muthukumar cofounded the company EnLiSense LLC, which develops biosensors such as their EnLiSense sensor technology.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Shalini Prasad, Ph.D." American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ "CBS News - Researcher: New Wearable Sweat-Sensing Device Measures Blood Sugar".
- ^ "KERA News - This Coin-Sized Sensor Could Help Detect Risk For Type 2 Diabetes Without Finger Pricking".
- ^ "Forbes - This Cannabis Saliva Test Could One Day Be Used To Detect Impaired Driving".
- ^ "IEEE Spectrum - Stress Levels Revealed in Micro-Beads of Sweat".
- ^ "Tracxn - EnLiSense".
- ^ "Texas Monthly - Sepsis Kills Millions Each Year. This UT-Dallas Device Aims to Stop That".
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