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Breaking the Wall of Neonatal Health Disparity

Shawana Tabassum

Breakthrough of the Year Emerging Talents

Our device comprises a strip and reader. A couple of blood drops (obtained from a heel prick) are applied to the strip, which is inserted into the reader. The biomarker levels are measured in 10 min.

Tags: Bio-Tech, Engineering, Med-Tech.

Shawana Tabassum

University of Texas at Tyler

Shawana Tabassum is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she directs the Biosensors and Bioinformatics Laboratory. Her research is focused on micro/nano-optics, electronics, microfluidics, and their applications in biomedicine and precision agriculture. She received her B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, IA, USA, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Dr. Tabassum was a recipient of Making a Difference Award (2021), Science breakthrough of the Year: Emerging Talent from Falling Walls (2020), Robert J. Menges award for outstanding research in educational development (2020), Postdoctoral Scholar Excellence award for teaching and mentoring students (2020), Best global impact innovation prize from ISU’s Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship (2020, 2019), Biomedical Engineering Society’s career development award (2019), Research Excellence Award (2018), and the Best paper award finalist at IEEE Sensors conference (2016).

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