4 Projects from Smart Health Center participated in Smart Health workshops organized by VinUniversity and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

On 11th and 12th July 2022, VinUniversity collaborated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to organize the Smart Health workshops to share and discuss the latest research on Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Biosensor and their application in smart healthcare.

In the total of 18 research participated, 4 of which are underway and funded by the VinUni – Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC), including

Wastewater Epidemiological Survellance in Vietnam
Privacy-Preserving, Robust, and Explainable Federated Learning Framework for Healthcare System
Point of Care and Telehealth Diagnostics for Data-Driven Smart Health System
Development of Point-of-Care Devices to Predict Dengue Infection Status and to Detect Sepsis Biomarkers Principal

Researchers participating in the workshops include Prof. Rashid Bashir – Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering, Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UIUC; Prof Thanh H. (Helen) Nguyen – Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering in CEE, UIUC; Prof. Pranee Liamputtong – Top 0.35% of the world’s most cited researchers in the field of Public Health and Top 0.25% in the field of Nursing; and many other world-renowned scholars and scientists.

“The presentations we heard today about the work that is going on show that this is impactful research. I believe the PhD students associated with these projects will get valuable experience under the guidance of professors from both institutions”, shared Prof. Philippe H Geubelle, Executive Associate Dean, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC at the workshop.

To know more about the on-going research at Smart Health Center, please visit: https://smarthealth.vinuni.edu.vn/project/

About The VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC)
The VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC) is a result of the cooperation between VinUniversity (VinUni) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) – USA. Its core emphases are biotechnology and data science. This project is granted 13.5 million USD by Vingroup to work towards building and developing research that has positive impacts on human health at low cost and high accessibility.