Names in the News: Prof. Santosh Kumar
Posted on 2016-07-13
Prof. Santosh Kumar has had his work with the mHealth Systems Lab featured in several recent news articles.
featured some recently published results on the NIH-sponsored project, which aims to use data from wearable sensors to improve patient health. The new paper, "," focuses on identifying stress episodes in opioid-dependent drug users. The work was presented at the conference.
A on wearable stress sensors includes input from Prof. Kumar, referring to his on finding the best metrics to assess stress levels. Although that work concluded that heart activity and respiration are the best indicators, getting reliable stress measurements remains a challenge.
highlighted a paper coauthored by Prof. Kumar in the June 2016 issue of , summarizing the privacy and security challenges facing mobile health.