Erica Forzani

Democratizing health care: There’s an app for that

A device created by the late Nongjian Tao, an electrical engineering professor in the Fulton Schools and former director of ASU’s Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, spurred more extensive research that enabled the use  of molecular electronics, nanoelectronics, chemical and biological sensors, and wireless devices to monitor human health. Erika Forzani, a research professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Fulton Schools, worked with Tao to develop the Mindset Medical app. The device has made remote sensing easier, enabling people to monitor and measure their vital signs on a mobile device. Forzani notes Tao’s creativity in adapting modern technological advances to help pave the way for mobile health care.