The role of mobile health (mHealth) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies in improving the outpatient management of patients is emerging. However, the majority of the current mHealth-IoT based monitoring systems measure only physical activity and do not provide a clear snapshot of the patient’s health status. Muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) can be used to monitor the intermittent ischemia produced during walking. For example, in Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), obstruction of arteries supplying blood to the lower extremities produces intermittent ischemia that causes a myopathy in association with impaired muscle function, limited mobility, and increased morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, in the case of mHealth-IoT data sharing, security and privacy are often not taken into consideration. There is a need for a centrally located infrastructure that will be able to process a massive amount of data on real-time; especially when operations are performed on encrypted data. This project is based on data-intensive engineering research applied in physiology, medical, and exercise sciences. It deals with multiple types of big data such as software source code, measurement patient data and bioinformatics, as well as private patient information.
The jointly advised postdoctoral associate will gain expertise in sensor engineering, data security, biomedical investigations, and exposure to engineering applications. Postdoctoral researchers in our group will be part of a large team of researchers and interact with the funding agencies, industrial collaborators, and small businesses. We facilitate career skills and professional growth through regular interactions with group members with a wide range of expertise, access to state-of-the-art facilities coupled with experimental validation, participation in industrial collaborations, and extensive opportunities to engage graduate and undergraduate researchers from several science and engineering disciplines. Research results will be presented at conferences, in journal papers, and proposal development. We will also include extensive mentoring on the academic job search process, research/teaching statements, and interviewing.