IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine's unique aim is to publish original work in the intersection of engineering and clinical translation. The journal's focus is interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers, healthcare providers, and industry and aims to publish results and best practices from these translational efforts.
Tricia Adjei was awarded an M.Eng. degree in medical engineering from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, in 2014, and is currently studying a PhD within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London, UK. She is researching the modelling and quantification of physiological stress.
She was employed as a research engineer at the medical device company Oxehealth Ltd, UK, from 2014 to 2015.
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