«Discover Novel Wearables» – Presentation by World-Renowned Biomedical Expert John Rogers

Under the title "Soft, Wireless Wearables for Maternal, Fetal and Pediatric Health", biomedical expert Prof. Dr. John A. Rogers will discuss current trends and developments in the field of wearables technology.  

About Prof. Dr. John A. Rogers: Prof. Rogers earned his degrees in chemistry and physics from the University of Texas, Austin, USA. He began his career in 1997 at Bell Laboratories in the Condensed Matter Research Department and served as Director from late 2000 to 2002. He then spent thirteen years on the faculty of the University of Illinois where he was Director of the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory and held the Swanlund Chair, the highest faculty position at the university. In 2016, he joined Northwestern University as the Simpson/Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, and currently serves as the Director of the Bioelectronics Institute.  

Prof. Rogers is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States Prof. Rogers has received numerous highly endowed awards including the Chemical Engineering Medal from ETH Zurich in 2015 and, most recently, the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Biomedical Engineering Award. Prof. Rogers has authored over 1,900 publications, has been cited over 200,000 times, and has an h-index of 226.

Event details: The Grand Round will take place on Wednesday, November 13, from 12:00 to 12:45 pm in the large lecture hall at the Spitalzentrum in Lucerne. The lecture will be delivered in English and will also be available via live broadcast. Link to live broadcast

We look forward to your participation and an inspiring exchange.  

 Prof. Dr. med. Nicole Ritz                                                                                        

Head of Pediatrics and Center for Child Health Analytics (CCHA)
Children's Hospital of Central Switzerland                       

Dr. med. Noé Brasier  

MedLab Fellow, Early-career Fellow & General Internal Medicine, FMH, Institute for Translational Medicine, ETH Zurich 

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