Episode 40: Reducing costs and promoting health with smartphone microscopy

Dr. Dongkyun Kang is an Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Kang is currently leading an NIH-sponsored research project for developing a smartphone confocal microscope and diagnosing Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda. Through hard research and development, Dr. Kang's lab just might create the next big medical technology.

Links:

BIO5 Institute: https://bio5.org/

$1 Million Project to Fight Vision Loss: https://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/view/university-of-arizona-engineer-leads-1-million-project-to-fight-vision-loss

Mobile Health Microscope: https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2020/Pages/mobile-health-innovative-microscope-enables-early-cancer-diagnoses.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2rNDfUfYpTi4sITJDq_oIRM_wJ7HH1U6I_PCFgVgU343RPJIXySplrhHM

UA Gynecological Endoscopes:  https://tucson.com/news/local/seeking-new-ways-to-detect-gynecological-cancers-ua-teams-building/article_711a3d56-6c50-5ef2-90a6-126a2c20693a.html