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Digital health solutions & wearable sensors Roozbeh Ghaffari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Epicore Biosystems , a digital healthcare company , which is a spinout of Northwestern University and is headquartered in Cambridge , MA , USA .
“ I ’ m focused on our day-to-day execution and planning the long-term course to bring our digital health solutions to market ,” he explains .
While most of the world has embraced heart rate monitoring and tracking steps , Epicore Biosystems has been hard at work in developing the next generation of wearable technology that can tap into biochemistry , hydration and stress biomarkers , by measuring tiny amounts of sweat .
Ghaffari says : “ It turns out you can learn a lot about human physiology and hydration if you measure biophysical markers , such as skin or body temperature , movement and heart rate , in tandem with a few key biochemical markers , such as electrolytes , metabolites and hormones in sweat .”
Epicore Biosystems is focused on executing and clinically validating this vision , to bring products to market on a daily basis .
“ Biomarkers are measurable biological substances or physiological parameters like heart , steps and blood pressure , that correspond to the state of health , onset of disease and / or progression of disease ,” says Ghaffari . “ With advances in biosensors and the miniaturisation of medical devices , there are numerous clinical studies underway to
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