Fischell Fellow Spotlight: Jin-Oh Hahn

Jin-Oh Hahn is a Fischell Fellow. He joined the institute to explore new avenues for his research, which encompasses physiological systems and signals, autonomous medical care, and psycho-physiological and cardiovascular health monitoring.

Hahn earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as both bachelor's and master’s degrees from Seoul National University.

Hahn's research specifically includes:

Closed-loop control of critical care treatments and related regulatory science, including regulatory science methods for automated medical devices with physiological monitoring and closed-loop control algorithms, including virtual patient generation and computer-aided clinical trials,
The fundamental understanding and applications of novel physiological signals, with current emphasis on the ballistocardiogram,
Cardiovascular health monitoring and disease diagnosis based on arterial circulatory pulse waveform analysis,
Psycho-physiological monitoring with a focus on the development of digital biomarkers of physiological and psychological health, and
Analysis and closed-loop control of wearable biorobotic systems.

"I hope my work can impact human health and wellbeing beyond academic contributions," Hahn said. In the future, he plans to explore neuromodulation technologies to improve physical and mental health.

Hahn is looking for collaborators who could combine his analytical work on physiological signals and systems with novel medical devices, such as wearable and contactless devices, to measure physiological signals for real time analytics. Specifically, he is interested in collaborating with researchers working on in vitro and in vivo animal experiments as well as novel sensors and actuators.

Published April 7, 2023