Tag: University of Houston

The University of Houston has received a $3.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health to launch a five-year study evaluating whether continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) can be an effective and accessible tool for preventing or delaying progression to Type 2 diabetes among underserved populations. With an estimated 115 million U.S. adults living with prediabetes, researchers and clinicians from UH Health, the University’s academic health enterprise, will work with community partners to test how CGMs can be used as an effective and accessible tool for preventing Type 2 diabetes.…

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In an increasingly audio-driven world, the University of Houston’s Product Experience Design (PXD) Lab is creating new pathways to Braille literacy for blind and low-vision learners. With a new two-device learning system called LUCID, PXD Lab designers aim to make tactile literacy more accessible, engaging and self-directed. Designer Varshini Chouthri, a UH alum, and Min Kang, industrial design professor and PXD Lab director, recently received the prestigious Red Dot Award for LUCID — an international recognition of the lab’s growing reputation as a hub for human-centered, technology-driven design. The honor…

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