SRL Presents at BMES2026
We're excited to present at BMES2026 this Thursday, October 22nd! We hope to see you there!
We're excited to present at BMES2026 this Thursday, October 22nd! We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to Sanchez Research Lab member Jake McCoy on being named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow! Jake, a PhD student in electrical and computer engineering at UIC, is developing tools to assess speech therapy progress for people with lingual neuropathy and exploring ultra-low-power wearable EKG monitoring for long-term heart health. We are excited to celebrate this recognition of his work toward technologies that improve people's health and quality of life.
Our AHA 2026 abstract on transvenous gene delivery won an award as the highest-ranking abstract from the U.S.! We report the results from our minimally invasive reversible electroporation approach, resulting in panoramic atrial gene expression. These findings establish the foundation for future gene-based treatment of AFib.
The SRL is presenting at WCE 2026, the 6th World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields, our computational modeling and in vivo study of combined catheter-delivered reversible electroporation and gene therapy. Our simulations predicted negligible thermal change and tissue damage, consistent with post-electroporation histology quantifying damage surface area and necrosis. When paired with gene infusion through the coronary vasculature, this combined approach achieved 40% transfection efficiency. We believe this approach offers a potential alternative to PFA, also without requiring a needle or a viral vector for gene therapy. We look forward to sharing these findings!
Don’t miss Henry’s talk at IEEE EMBC 2026, where he will present our lab’s first investigation into the longitudinal stability of cuffless blood pressure monitoring using bioimpedance.
Our lab is excited to present our recent work on wearable, cuffless blood pressure and blood flow at EMBC 2026. If you would like to learn more or connect with our team, send us a message or leave a comment. See you there!
The Sanchez Research Lab was featured on CBS Chicago for its innovative work on wearable health technology. Led by Benjamin Sanchez, the research focuses on a smartwatch-based system designed to monitor blood pressure continuously without the need for a traditional inflatable cuff.
Excited to share that our work has been published in Nature Communications! We developed a biophysical framework that links bioimpedance sensing with fluid dynamics, providing new insights into the physiological mechanisms underlying cuffless hemodynamic monitoring with electricity. Building on this foundation, we designed a physics-informed neural network that provides interpretable predictions of continuous blood pressure and blood velocity, opening the door to advanced hemodynamic monitoring in the next generation of wearable devices.
Read article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72693-1
We have built a digital health technology platform for use in clinical studies and drug trials, with application in oral health monitoring and outcome measurement at scale. The platform supports objective, data-driven assessment, and it enables earlier detection, rehabilitation planning, and therapeutic evaluation.
Nate Hansen, PhD candidate at the Sanchez Research Lab, has been awarded the prestigious Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Fellowship. His research focuses on developing AI-driven, noninvasive diagnostic technologies for head and neck cancer survivors, combining engineering innovation with clinical impact.
Members of Sanchez Research Lab, together with First Capital Ventures, visited the lab of Dean Rashid Bashir at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
After four years of development, the Sanchez Research Lab introduces a wearable ring for real-time blood flow imaging and cuffless blood pressure monitoring. This new approach uses bioimpedance imaging and machine learning to reconstruct continuous blood flow and pressure signals. Reference: https://lnkd.in/gsB8ZrQQ
Wearable placement can make or break cuffless hemodynamic accuracy. Our in silico study showed impedance plethysmography (#IPG) remains robust even when sensors shift up to 10 mm from the radial artery. Reference: https://lnkd.in/g2GmkUrm
We introduce a fully wireless bioimpedance smartwatch capable of continuous cuffless blood pressure monitoring. This system establishes a new biophysical link between electrical bioimpedance and hemodynamic signals. Reference: https://lnkd.in/g2GmkUrm