<![CDATA[Robotics for Infectious Diseases - Interview Series]]>Mon, 13 May 2024 08:33:20 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Robin.R.Murphy]]>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:10:03 GMThttp://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/interview-series/robinrmurphy​Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University
Interviewed by: ABB Robotics
This episode explains how creative use of robots in hospitals will help release medical expertise from repetitive, time-consuming tasks, and ultimately benefit patient care.
]]><![CDATA[Antonio Bicchi, PhD]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:01:12 GMThttp://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/interview-series/antonio-bicchi-phd

Professor, University of Pisa, Italy

​Dr. Bichi is a professor of robotics at the University of Pisa, and he is going to share with us a presentation of experiences so far by the Italian Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines on using robots for the COVID-19 pandemic.
]]><![CDATA[Gangtie Zheng, PhD]]>Tue, 19 May 2020 15:42:43 GMThttp://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/interview-series/gangtie-zheng-phd

Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Interviewed by: Dr. Richard Voyles

Dr. Zheng talks about actually deploying robots in hospitals in China, in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, and getting feedback from the front-line medical staffs
Dr. Zheng is an engineering professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, as well as the co-director of Digital Medicine and Medical Robot Center at Tsinghua. He has conducted researches on medical robots for orthopedic and vascular surgery. In February 2020, his team quickly put together a robot that performs common procedures for potentially infected patients while keeping medical workers safe. This robot has been deployed and tested in hospitals in China, as was first reported by Reuters. The second video illustrates the path of development of the project.
]]><![CDATA[Jeff Braun, MPA, CEM]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:05:00 GMThttp://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/interview-series/jeff-braun-mpa-cem

Emergency Management Coordinator, Fort Bend County, Texas
Interviewed by: Dr. Jason Moats

Mr. Braun talks about things roboticists need to know about emergency management outside the clinical applications of a hospital.
Mr. Braun is an emergency management consultant currently supporting Municipal District Services with the COVID-19 event. He was the Emergency Management Coordinator for Fort Bend County, the western part of the metro Houston area, during Hurricane Harvey which heavily used unmanned aerial systems- plus Hurricane Ike, and six other smaller presidentially declared disasters. Prior to that, he was a City Manager in four communities, giving him a comprehensive perspective on disasters.
]]><![CDATA[Gerald Parker, DVM, PhD]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:46:31 GMThttp://roboticsforinfectiousdiseases.org/interview-series/gerald-parker-dvm-phd

Associate Dean, Global One Health,  Texas A&M
Interviewed by: Dr. Angela Clendenin

Dr. Parker talks about potential aspects that robotics can contribute to public health during an epidemic.
Dr. Parker is the Associate Dean for Global One Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M and holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine a Doctorate in Physiology from Baylor College of Medicine. Before coming to Texas A&M he was the deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for chemical and biological defense. He is interviewed by Dr. Angela Clendenin, an instructional assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Texas A&M School of Public Health.
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