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AI, Wearable Tech Helping Treat Women's Health Issues

Canan Dagdeviren on how WHx, AI, and wearable tech are advancing early, personalized care and closing gaps in women’s health.
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Research at Scale 2025

A one-month residency in Asia to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes.
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Textile-Based Ultrasound Wearable Wins MIT HEALS Innovator Grant

Canan Dagdeviren and Dava Newman receive MIT HEALS Innovator Grant for developing a textile-based wearable for breast health monitoring.
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Sarah Barreto Ornellas of Conformable Decoders named as a 2025 MIT Presidential Fellow

Sarah is a first-year PhD student at the Conformable Decoders and has been selected as a recipient of the MIT Presidential Fellowship for t…
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Anku Rani and Shrihari Viswanath awarded Tata Center Fellowship

The fellowship supports students pursuing impactful technological solutions for communities in resource-constrained settings.
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Jason Hou selected as MIT HEALS Graduate Fellow

Jason Hou, a PhD candidate in the Conformable Decoders group, has been selected as one of the inaugural MIT Health and Life Sciences Collab…
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Shrihari Viswanath awarded Tata Center Fellowship

Shrihari Viswanath, a first-year PhD student in the Conformable Decoders group at the MIT Media Lab, has been selected as a 2025–26 Ta…
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Yoonsoo Shin receives National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yoonsoo Shin has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Nurturing Next-genera…
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Five Media Lab Students named 2025 MIT Presidential Fellows

Congratulations to the five fellowship recipients!
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Lara Ozkan - Conformable Decoders Outstanding UROP Student Award 2025

Lara Ozkan, an undergraduate researcher in the Conformable Decoders group, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding UROP …
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Conformable Decoders Featured on NBC Boston for Wearable Breast Cancer Detection Research

NBC Boston spotlights the Conformable Decoders group research in a segment titled “MIT Developing Bra to Detect Breast Cancer," highlightin…
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Canan Dagdeviren receives Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising

The Frank E. Perkins Award is presented to a faculty member from each school at MIT.
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Amanda Nguyen carries MIT research projects into orbit

When Amanda Nguyen embarks on Blue Origin’s New Shepard Mission NS-31 next week, she will carry MIT research into orbit with her.
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Connecting to the healthcare of tomorrow

How life-saving wearables, regenerative medicine, and AI-assisted hospitals are helping empower patients and doctors.
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Avani Ahuja of Conformable Decoders Awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

The Goldwater Foundation financially supports undergraduates who intend to pursue research careers in engineering, science, and medicine.
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Conformable Decoders Featured on WCVB Chronicle

We are excited to share that our Conformable Decoders research group was recently featured on WCVB Channel 5's "Chronicle." The segment hig…
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Dr. Dagdeviren Speaks at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting Session

Dr. Canan Dagdeviren will present at the 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, focusing on a multidisciplinary roadmap for regenerative medic…
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Media Lab Immersion Session + MuRata Facility Visit

A group of Media Lab community members traveled to Japan in late January 2025 to host a series of presentations for current and prospective…
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Canan Dagdeviren interviewed on Power + Impact with Jim McCann

Canan Dagdeviren joined Power + Impact with Jim McCann to discuss her journey in pioneering wearable ultrasound technology at MIT. In this …
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Team develops an innovative, implantable ultrasound device to stimulate neurons in deep-brain regions

This research has ImPULS has potential applications for treating conditions from major depression to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Yoonsoo Shin of Conformable Decoders receives MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yoonsoo Shin has been awarded the prestigious MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is a member of the Confo…
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Conformable Decoders paper featured on Nature Review Materials January 2025 issue cover

A recent paper by the Conformable Decoders research group, titled "Decoding tissue biomechanics using conformable electronic devices," made…
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Conformable Decoders work included in MIT roundup of uplifting news stories from 2024

MIT News has highlighted the top achievements and inspiring stories of 2024, including Professor Canan Dagdeviren and the Conformable Decod…
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ImPULS paper honored among Brain + Behavior's 2024 Leading Research Achievements

The Conformable Decoders group's work on an implantable piezoelectric ultrasound stimulator (ImPULS) has been recognized by the B…
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Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar

The MIT senior and undergraduate researcher in the Conformable Decoders group will pursue graduate studies in the UK.
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Canan Dagdeviren receives Aziz Sancar Science Award

Prof. Canan Dagdeviren received the Aziz Sancar Science Award given by the Health Institutes of Turkey and Turkish Ministry of Health—the f…
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Conformable Decoders Research Featured on Cover of Advanced Sensor Research – October 2024

Research from the Conformable Decoders group, "Design Approaches and Electromechanical Modeling of Conformable Piezoelectric-Based Ultrasou…
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CNN highlights conformable decoders group's innovation: A New Era in Breast Cancer Self-Screening

Inspired by her aunt’s battle with cancer, Media Lab Professor Canan Dagdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor that can screen wom…
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Sara Fernandez receives 2024 Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics Day One Fellowship

Sara V. Fernandez, a first-year graduate student in the Conformable Decoders group, was selected as the sole MIT awardee of the 2024 Amazon…
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Canan Dagdeviren is named as the Falling Walls Foundation's Global Call Winner

She was selected for her work on breast cancer detection in the Engineering + Technology category.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

This video series features our current students, offering glimpses into their backgrounds, their research, and the passions behind the work
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Dare to Dream: An Ultrasound Bra For Breast Health with Dr. Canan Dagdeviren

Canan Dagdeviren talks to Sharon Kedar about the latest generation of the wearable ultrasound scanner Conformable Decoders is developing.
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Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation

MIT engineers’ implantable ImPULS device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.
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This ultrasound bra could detect cancer sooner

Inspired by her aunt’s battle with cancer, Canan Dağdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor that can screen women between checkups.
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BBC Woman's Hour podcast speaks with Dr. Dagdeviren on her wearable ultrasound bra developed at the Media Lab

On BBC Woman's Hour, Professor Canan Dagdeviren talks to host Emma Barnett about the wearable ultrasound scanner developed in the Media Lab…
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New portable breast cancer scanner can fit in a bra

To help combat "interval" cancers, the Conformable Decoders group led by Prof. Dagdeviren, has developed a wearable ultrasound scanner.
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Dr. Canan Dagdeviren appointed to IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) stands as the preeminent global entity dedicated to the advancement of technol…
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Media Lab research highlighted by MIT News in its wrap-ups of 2023 press coverage

The Media Lab is honored to have had its research and researchers highlighted in two 2023 end-of-year lists prepared by MIT News.
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Sarah Ornellas, of Conformable Decoders, named a Recipient of the Cadence Diversity in Technology Scholarship

Sarah’s research endeavors involve the development of new ultrasound technology that can enable the treatment of diseases in the deep brain.
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BBC 100 Women 2023: Canan Dagdeviren

Professor Dagdeviren was recognized for her work developing a wearable ultrasound patch for early breast cancer detection.
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A new ultrasound patch can measure how full your bladder is

The wearable device, designed to monitor bladder and kidney health, could be adapted for earlier diagnosis of cancers deep within the body.
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Hyeokjun Yoon granted the Korean Government Scholarship Program for Study Overseas (KGSPSO)

Hyeokjun Yoon, a student in the Conformable Decoders group at the MIT Media Lab, focuses his work on wearable healthcare electronics
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National Academy of Engineering featured Conformable Decoders' wearable ultrasound device that could allow earlier tumor detection

This work has been featured on the homepage of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering.
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Research Group Overview: Conformable Decoders

Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
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Jason Hou of Conformable Decoders has been selected as a fellow for the MIT Neurobiological Engineering Training Program (NBETP)

Jason Hou, a PhD student in the Conformable Decoders research group, has been selected as a fellow for this NIH T32 grant.
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Canan Dagdeviren awarded 2023 Bose Grant

Canan Dagdeviren, head of the Conformable Decoders group, is among the recipients of the 2023 Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
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MIT-developed device could be a lifesaving gamechanger in diagnosing breast cancer

Prof. Canan Dagdeviren talks to Boston 25 News about a wearable ultrasound device that could help detect early-stage breast cancer.
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Wearable ultrasound that could detect breast cancer developed by MIT

Prof. Canan Dagdeviren talks to CBS News about a wearable ultrasound device that could allow users to detect early changes in breast tissue.
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BBC Global News Podcast highlights Dr. Dagdeviren's research in a story, "An electronic bra that can spot signs of breast cancer"

In the episode "The Happy Pod: Superhero dog saves family from fire," BBC Global News Podcast highlights Dr. Dagdeviren's research in …
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Lara Ozkan, UROP in the Conformable Decoders group, is selected to represent MIT at the Grace Hopper Celebration 2023

The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) is the world's largest gathering of women and non-binary technologists.
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Canan Dagdeviren is interviewed by IEEE's Pulse “From the Lab” podcast series

IEEE Pulse: From The Lab Episode 1: Canan Dagdeviren
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Colin Marcus of Conformable Decoders is awarded the MathWorks Fellowship

Colin Marcus, a PhD student in the Conformable Decoders research group, has been selected for the EECS MathWorks Fellowship.
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The Loh Down on Science: Skin Deep

On "The Loh Down on Science," host Sandra Tsing Loh reports on research from the Conformable Decoders group.
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Patches to the rescue

MIT Technology Review reports on transdermal drug delivery research from the Conformable Decoders group, led by Professor Canan Dagdeviren.
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Aastha Shah of Conformable Decoders named as a recipient of the MIT Presidential Fellowship

Aastha Shah is a first-year PhD student at the conformable decoders and has been selected as a recipient of the MIT Presidential Fellowship…
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Five Media Lab students receive MIT Presidential Fellowship awards

Five Media Lab students–Ila Kumar, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Cecilé Sadler, Aastha Shah, and Raechel Walker–win MIT Presidential Fellowship awards.
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Canan Dağdeviren: “Follow your dream because life is too short to follow someone else’s”

Canan Dağdeviren, head of the Conformable Decoders research group, discusses her time at the MIT Media Lab and where her research is headed.
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A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier

The new device, which can be incorporated into a bra, could allow more frequent monitoring of patients at high risk for breast cancer.
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Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch for Deep Tissue Scanning and Imaging
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Conformable Decoders' latest invention, cUSP, has made the front cover page of Advanced Materials' June issue

Canan Dagdeviren + co-workers report a soft, conformable embodiment of a wearable ultrasound patch for transdermal drug delivery to the skin
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2023!

We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next.
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Wearable patch can painlessly deliver drugs through the skin

Using ultrasonic waves that propel drug molecules into the skin, the patch could be used to treat a variety of skin conditions.
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142 prominent academics from around the world published a "Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors"

A cohort of 142 academics—including Conformable Decoders group director Dr. Dagdeviren—have recently had a paper published in ACS Nano.
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conformable Multimodal Sensory Facemask (cMaSK)

Integrating wearable electronics into facemasks could provide valuable insight into personal and public health.
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The future of ALS devices: Next gen assistive technology aims to give patients a voice

Brain-computer interfaces, IoT and AI to fuel the advancement of assistive technology devices for ALS patients.
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Sara V. Fernandez of Conformable Decoders named as a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar

Sara V. Fernandez, an MIT senior and UROP in the Conformable Decoders research group, has been named as a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar