Lauren Lederer, MS
Work
I’m currently a PhD Candidate at Duke University, where I’m an NSF Fellow in the Traineeship for the Advancement of Surgical Technologies, and a Duke Rhodes Information Initiative Fellow for Interdisciplinary Research.
Previously, I was a Program Manager and Research Engineer at STR, a technology research and development company that builds advanced solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security agencies, where I developed autonomous agents for command and control systems.
Remote Patient Monitoring
- I’m deploying commercial wearables to Duke Health cancer surgery patients to predict postoperative complications during home recovery [article]
- I partnered with the FDA, Oura Ring, and the Digital Medicine Society to develop digital biomarkers to prevent opioid relapse [article] [article] [article]
Hormonal & Metabolic Health
- I’m leading the development of wearable-based metabolic monitoring systems with Duke’s Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation [article]
- I’m partnering with Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to investigate reported pain and clinical modifiers of gynecological procedures [ongoing]