Wei Wang Sciences
Investigating Urinary Dysfunction in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis through Continuous At-Home Monitoring of Muscle Activity via a Noninvasive Wearable Sensing Platform
Scholars Journal
Hundreds of thousands of people in the US live with multiple sclerosis(MS). MS is a chronic progressive disorder that significantly affects quality of life in unpredictable ways, one of which is bladder dysfunction such as inaccurate feelings of urgency. Current technologies at the clinic can examine bladder fullness, but not bladder symptoms that are experienced outside of the clinic. To investigate bladder dysfunction in MS patients, I will design and fabricate an at-home wearable sensor, and use it to collect and analyze data from healthy and MS patients from the UCSF MS clinic. This represents a novel and currently unavailable approach to characterize bladder dysfunction in MS, which will improve the understanding of and treatment strategies for MS-related bladder dysfunction, as well as contribute to efforts in addressing bladder dysfunction in broader contexts.
Major: Bioengineering
Mentor: Sandya Subramanian, Bioengineering