Developing, Implementing, and Translating Sensing Strategies to Impact Human Health

The adoption of bioanalytical sensors and diagnostic devices—often innovated in academic laboratories with the ultimate intent to impact public health—requires collaboration and buy-in from a wide range of partners across academia, industry, healthcare, and individual users. While the applications of measurements and the techniques used to make them are broad, they all share a common language of sensitivity, specificity, precision, and accuracy. Sensors designed both for analytical performance and also usability have the potential to turn the tide of pandemics, bridge gaps in healthcare disparities, and provide insight into biological processes. The 2024 conference will highlight cutting edge topics that include point-of-care diagnostics, wearable sensors, advances in device design, and remote sensing. The audience for this conference is intentionally multidisciplinary and includes scientists from a range of backgrounds, as solutions that ultimately impact the general public require collaboration across basic and applied sciences. Participants from industry, entrepreneurs, clinicians, and professional practitioners are integral parts of efforts to innovate and translate sensing and diagnostic technologies. Students, early career researchers, and established experts—across this wide range of disciplines—will be given a forum to discuss challenges, opportunities, and future applications of sensing on health and our understanding of the natural world. Not only do we believe that the best solutions result from collaborations from a range of scientific viewpoints, but also by bringing together groups of people with diverse sets of experiences, preferences, and worldviews. We aim to promote equality and diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and national origin throughout the 2024 conference and during a Power Hour discussion.