Past News
Pregnancy & Wearables
2022Research on pregnant women's perspectives regarding wearable technology found "overwhelming interest" in such devices prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perinatal AI Editorial
2022An editorial appeared in Frontiers in Pediatrics addressing artificial intelligence applications in perinatal health monitoring.
Pregnancy Stress and Iron Levels
2022A Nature study revealed that chronic pregnancy stress reduces iron levels in babies. The research was featured on NPR (KUOW Seattle), discussing the physiological impacts of maternal stress on fetal development.
SPaM 4th Meeting
July 2022, MunichFourth Signal Processing and Monitoring in Labour Workshop held in Munich, Germany.
HRV Computing for All
2022A Medium article on heart rate variability (HRV) computing, with accompanying code and data on Figshare.
Special Journal Issues & Editorial Roles
2020–2022The lab hosted special issues and editorial roles in:
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (Methods Collection)
- Frontiers in Pediatrics (Fetal-Maternal Monitoring in the Age of AI)
- Current Neuropharmacology (Neurodegenerative diseases)
- PLoS Digital Health (Machine learning section editor)
Zika Virus Detection via HRV
2019The team published work on heart rate variability (HRV) as a biomarker, including detection of fetal Zika virus exposure using electrocardiogram metrics in asymptomatic toddlers. Featured on UW Newsroom.
BBC News on Fetal Monitoring
2019BBC News covered advances in fetal monitoring, with related findings in the NHS Resolution Early Notification report.
APHA Annual Meeting
November 2019, PhiladelphiaPresentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
SPaM 3rd Workshop
October 2019, Porto, PortugalMedia Coverage
2019–2020Lab research was covered in multiple outlets:
SPaM 2nd Workshop
2017, OxfordSecond Signal Processing and Monitoring in Labour Workshop held at Oxford.