PhD Scholar
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Justin Laiti is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) through the joint support of the U.S. Fulbright Program and the RCSI StAR PhD Programme. He graduated from Virginia Tech in May ’22 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and Spanish. During his undergraduate time, he was involved in research projects with Virginia Tech, NASA and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium in the fields of psychophysiology and wearable devices. This led him to pursue his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Pádraic Dunne and Dr. Elaine Byrne in the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at RCSI where he is interested in how mobile apps and wearables can support the research initiatives in the Centre. In his PhD project, he is partnering with secondary schools to co-design a student-directed wellbeing platform, allowing students to connect with health coaches and use biofeedback from a wearable device to support their stress management and overall wellbeing.
Positive Health in the Co-design of a Wearable Heart Rate Variability Monitor
Saturday, October 14, 2023
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT