University of Rochester
Castaneda Lab
The Global Health and Medical Devices Lab, led by the Castaneda Lab at the University of Rochester, is focused on developing point-of-care medical devices for limited-resource settings.
These environments often lack the necessary equipment, infrastructure, and trained personnel. However, this challenge offers a unique opportunity for reverse innovation—designing devices to function under constraints and later adapting them for use in high-resource settings.
Our work emphasizes:
- Simplicity
- Robustness
- Cost-effectiveness
- User-friendliness
These attributes are increasingly valuable in both low- and high-resource healthcare settings.
- Development of Point-of-Care Technologies for resource-limited environments.
- Ultrasound-based imaging diagnostics for various medical conditions.
We utilize:
- Biomedical Ultrasound
- Photogrammetry
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
These tools are applied to aid in diagnosing and managing chronic diseases such as:
- Cancer
- Diabetic Foot
- Parkinson’s Disease
You can explore our active research and development on our GitHub repositories.
We welcome collaboration and contributions from students, researchers, and developers interested in global health, biomedical imaging, and AI in medicine.
For more information, visit the University of Rochester or reach out through our GitHub organization.