Presenter: Dr. Portia Singh
Title: “From Academia, to Government, to Industry: Aging Research across Sectors”
Date: Tuesday, March 27
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: LSL S330 (via Zoom)
The UManage Center for the Science of Symptom Self- Management pre sents the above talk by Dr. Portia Singh, Senior Research Scientist at Philips Research North America. Dr. Singh will share her experiences using technology in the aging domain in three different sectors -academia, government, and industry.She will then focus in on industry researchand the work being done by her team on the topic of understanding technology needs for informal caregiversproviding assistance to chronically ill or frail elder loved ones.
Dr. Singh holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science from Grambling State University. Prior to joining Philips, she served as a Hardy-Apfel IT Fellow with the Social Security Administration under President Obama’s Administration. She is an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers National and local chapters, contributing to the Society’s mission to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.
The talk will be conducted via Zoom.