Aging-in-Place Research Breakthroughs To Be Presented At Wireless Health 2011 Conference

LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) convenes its second annual scientific conference, Wireless Health 2011, where researchers from global institutions such as MIT, University of Edinburgh, UCLA, and other leading universities will share the best new research and significant advances in wireless health technologies with thought leaders from academia, medicine, government and industry.

The conference is scheduled for October 10-13, 2011, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.  

In addition to featured keynotes by Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs and Texas Instruments' Gene Frantz, the peer-reviewed research that will be presented at the Wireless Health 2011 conference covers a wide range of healthcare issues, from post-operative respiratory conditions and low-power ECGs to depression and asthma.  Of note are several breakthroughs in aging-in-place technologies in the areas of pressure ulcers, gait analysis and depression.  These breakthroughs will lead to opportunities for delivering higher-quality healthcare at lower costs and greater efficiencies. 

"Research on aging in place addresses one of the fundamental challenges faced by global healthcare systems as current modes of care are unable to keep pace with aging demographics," said Robert B. McCray, WLSA President & CEO. "Payors and providers will discover technology research with which they can streamline their health businesses."

Dozens of paper presentations and panels will also cover the breadth of the wireless health research landscape, including:

• Wireless Health in the Field: Individual Condition Assessment
• Health and Wellness Connectivity Services in Vehicles on the Go
• Innovations for Reduction in Heart Failure Readmission
• Advances in Biomedical Sensing for Wireless Health
• Context Guided Wireless Health Monitoring and Classification
• New Initiatives and Program Opportunities in Wireless Health Research
• Energy, Computing, and Bandwidth Resource Efficiency in Wireless Health Systems

In addition to the scientific discussions, keynote presentations from Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs, TI's Gene Frantz, and other global organizations will highlight the four-day conference. Featured keynotes and speakers include:

• Dr. Paul Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm
• Gene Frantz, TI Principal Fellow & Business Development Manager, Digital Signal Processing, Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments
• Bruce Dobkin, MD, UCLA Medical Center
• Farnam Jahanian, PhD, Director, National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (NSF CISE)
• Chris Van Hoof, PhD, Director HUMAN++, IMEC
• William Riley, PhD, Program Director, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Chair, NIH mHealth Inter-Institute Interest Group (IIIG)
• Eric Topol, MD, Executive Chair, Wireless Health 2011; Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Vice-Chairman of the Board & Chief Innovation Officer, West Wireless Health Institute; and The Gary and Mary West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine

The Wireless Health 2011 Conference Agenda incorporates three days of panel sessions, research paper presentations, keynotes, and technology demonstrations. A full day of pre-conference sessions provides technology tutorials.

Conference sponsors include the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the University of California, San Diego's Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM), and Qualcomm.

For more information about Wireless Health 2011, visit http://www.wirelesshealth2011.org/ or contact Andrea Jackson ([email protected]). For media inquiries, contact Sue Huss at +1 619-379-4396.

About WLSA

The Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA) is a trade organization for global wireless and mobile technology innovators, scientists, physicians, and policy makers. The WLSA is committed to accelerating the adoption of connected health to create value, improve health and wellness for consumers, caregivers and all sectors of the life sciences and technology ecosystem. WLSA partners and companies are using wireless health innovations to simplify the management of chronic conditions, preempt disease and improve lives around the world.

SOURCE Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance