Wearables that sense inflammation, metabolism, and fatigue
MESH: Multimodal Estimators for Sensing Health
This project builds smart algorithms to read signals from wearable monitors so people can track inflammation, metabolism, fatigue, and internal body awareness.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | New York University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11179350 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You may be asked to wear portable physiological monitors that record signals such as heart rate, movement, eye activity, and other biosignals while clinical data and biological samples (like hormone or cytokine measures) are collected. Researchers will apply system-theoretic and computational tools to find pulsatile patterns in those signals and connect them to hidden health states such as inflammation, metabolic change, and fatigue. Over time they aim to train and validate algorithms that infer these states from wearable data and create a toolkit researchers and clinicians can use. The work highlights situations where stress, medications, or surgery (including cardiac surgery) alter signaling and recovery.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates include people recovering from surgery (for example cardiac surgery), patients with inflammatory or metabolic concerns, or volunteers willing to wear monitoring devices and provide clinical data or samples.
Not a fit: People without conditions related to inflammation, metabolism, or fatigue, those unwilling or unable to wear devices, or those seeking immediate therapeutic benefits may not gain direct benefit from this research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help patients and clinicians detect and monitor invisible changes like inflammation or fatigue remotely to guide recovery and treatment decisions.
How similar studies have performed: Wearable monitoring has shown promise for tracking heart rate, sleep, and glucose trends, but inferring hormones and cytokines from wearables is largely novel and not yet proven.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- New York University — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Faghih, Rose — New York University
- Study coordinator: Faghih, Rose
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.