Samsung works extensively with third-party experts, research centers and universities to further advance wearable tracking and insight capabilities, including the National Sleep Foundation for sleep,…
At the Body Composition Lab, the first week of February this year was lively! As part of a partnership with Orangetheory Fitness for their Transformation…
Shepherd believes AI can have a massive benefit for cancer screening, particularly in resource poor settings. “An AI algorithm can learn from a much larger…
Research that helps identify how age, sex and ethnicity can impact body fat and risk for early cardiovascular disease was nationally recognized by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD).… Read More »International award for PhD student’s body fat, heart disease research
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa PhD candidate Lambert Leong has discovered a novel way to detect cancer and cancer risk using non-invasive medical techniques. The molecular bioscience and bioengineering major… Read More »Non-invasive detection of breast cancer earns PhD student dissertation award
A University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher, in partnership with NASA, will measure the body shape and mass composition of astronauts in space. John Shepherd and his team will use 3D optical cameras as… Read More »UH Cancer Center, NASA project to combat astronaut muscle loss
The UH Cancer Center, which has access to 85 clinical trials, is reorganizing, hiring more staff and implementing new strategies in hopes of bringing patient participation back at least to… Read More »University of Hawaii Cancer Center aims to restore clinical trials
SRL is featured in a recent KHON2 story on the clinical trials at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. The photo features the BodPod, one of the machines in our… Read More »UH Cancer Center seeks to increase clinical trial levels
The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi (RCUH) has awarded 16 of its employees for their contributions and impact to research at UH. Shepherd Research Lab team members Nisa Kelly and En Liu… Read More »RCUH honors employees for outstanding leadership, impact
The Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands Mammography Registry (HIPIMR) has been approved for a pilot study, “Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Hawaii and the USAPI” with U54 funding, led by Principal… Read More »New Pilot Study by the HIPIMR Team
Congratulations to Lambert Leong, Arianna Bunnell, and Dustin Valdez for being chosen for inclusion in the AIM-AHEAD “HEART” Fellowship. AIM-AHEAD engages early-career researchers working with under-represented populations using artificial intelligence… Read More »SRL Members Receive AIM-AHEAD “HEART” Fellowships
Thumbnail: An example acquisition using the DermaGraphix IntelliStudio. (Image Source: Canfield Scientific, Inc.) Systematic Melanoma Assessment and Risk Triaging Study (SMART) has been awarded a 2022 Cancer Center pilot grant… Read More »SMART Study Receives $50,000 Cancer Center Pilot Grant
You’ve probably heard of the Body Mass Index and that it is not a particularly good measurement of your physical form. Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) is much better, but until… Read More »Study determines the accuracy of the Galaxy Watch4 body composition measurements
