Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Biomedical Engineer | Empowering Women in STEM
Most recently at TEDMonterey in 2021.
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Alicia Chong Rodriguez is a biomedical engineer and the founder of Brook, a startup designing smart garments to monitor women's health. As a Fulbright Scholar, she earned her master's degree from MIT, where she developed a wearable device to detect breast cancer.
Chong Rodriguez's TEDx talk on using technology to empower women has been viewed over 1 million times. She inspires audiences with her passion for using innovation to improve lives, particularly for underserved communities.
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A smart bra for better heart health
Could an everyday clothing item help protect your health? In this quick talk, TED Fellow Alicia Chong Rodriguez introduces us to a smart bra designed to gather real-time data on biomarkers like heartbeat, breath and temperature. Learn how this life-saving gadget could help close the gender gap in cardiovascular research -- and, finally, usher women's health care into the 21st century.
1 talk, all in 2021
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