FDA Medical Device Interoperability Research Fellowship

About the role

The FDA's Medical Device Interoperability Regulatory Science Program conducts regulatory science research to ensure safe and effective interoperable medical devices, including wearable technology and systems of devices in the home and integrated clinical environments.

Responsibilities

• Conducting human subject research studies to evaluate wearable sensor-derived endpoints, including for movement and gait analysis;
• Designing and fabricating phantoms and non-clinical bench methods for characterizing wearable optical sensors (e.g., PPG);
• Testing medical device electronic interfaces;
• Applying signal processing and machine learning approaches to wearable sensor data (e.g., ECG, IMU, PPG);
• Developing computational modeling approaches for automated medical devices (e.g., physiologic closed-loop controlled devices).
• Developing multi-spectral computational modeling tools using GPU-based processors to map light propagation for characterizing wearable optical sensors under a wide range of scenarios.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or have received a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in the relevant field within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received by 5/31/2028.

Qualifications

The qualified candidate should be currently pursuing or have received a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in the relevant fields.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

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Pay

The participant will receive a monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience.

Schedule

The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of FDA and is contingent on the availability of funds.