BME WEBINAR SERIES: Todd Coleman, Ph.D., UC San Diego

BME Webinar Series
Friday, November 6, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online Event
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On Friday, November 6th @ 11:00AM EDT, we welcome Prof. Todd Coleman from UC San Diego as he presents, "Electrical Digestive Engineering."

ABOUT THE SEMINAR

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are the second leading cause for missing work or school after the common cold, giving rise to 10 percent of the reasons a patient visits their physician and costing $142 billion annually. Although obstructions and infections are easy to diagnose, more than half of GI disorders involve abnormal functioning of the GI tract, where diagnosis entails subjective symptom-based questionnaires or objective but invasive, intermittent procedures in specialized centers. In this talk, we will describe electrical waves of pacemaker activity that underlie contractions for digestion, their interconnection with the nervous and immune systems, and how their propagation patterns can go awry in GI disorders. We will describe our development of high-resolution multi-electrode abdominal recording systems as well as dynamic spatial signal processing methods that in concert enable extraction of propagation patterns that are typically acquired invasively in specialized centers. Development of a miniaturized recording system to perform 24-hour ambulatory recordings, with an example of how this aided in solving a complex patient case will also be discussed, will also be discussed. We will conclude with a vision for how modernizing gastroenterology with applied mathematics and engineering has transformational potential to remove bottlenecks, improve health outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs by improving timely diagnoses, optimizing interventions, and predicting treatment responses.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Todd P. Coleman, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego

Todd P. Coleman received B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from the University of Michigan. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in electrical engineering and did postdoctoral studies at Mass General Hospital in neuroscience. He is currently a Professor of Bioengineering at UCSD and directs the Neural Interaction Laboratory, which uses tools from applied probability, physiology, and bio-electronics to address basic science and translational problems. Dr. Coleman has been selected as a National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lecturer, a TEDMED speaker, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

ABOUT THE 2020-2021 BME WEBINAR SERIES

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University is proud to host an annual weekly webinar series on the latest developments and research in Biomedical Engineering. The weekly series takes place on Friday mornings at 11:00AM Eastern and includes a variety of renowned academics from top universities to talk about their specific research and experience.
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Attendees need only register once for this recurring weekly webinar.
Event Contact Information:
Alexis Newman
[email protected]
LOCATION:
  • Online
TYPE:
  • Webcast
  • Seminar
  • Lecture
CATEGORY:
  • Engineering
  • Research
EVENTS OPEN TO:
  • Alumni
  • Faculty
  • Family-friendly
  • Graduate Students
  • Postdocs
  • Prospective Students
  • Public
  • Staff
  • Students
  • Trainees
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