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Anna Young, MakerHealth<\/a> CEO and former TEDMED speaker, brings prototyping tools and makerspaces into hospitals. Her keynote at the HS\/HSL Maker Expo,<\/a> “A Maker Revolution in Health”, will discuss the use of rapid prototyping tools in hospital units to enhance the natural, do-it-yourself problem solving abilities of clinicians and patients.<\/p>\n Anna is the Co-Founder of MakerNurse<\/a>, an RWJF sponsored program to support inventive, frontline nurses. Anna’s roots come from MIT as researcher in the Little Devices Lab<\/a> and lecturer in the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. In 2015, Anna was recognized by LinkedIn as a top Health Innovator under 35 and in 2016 received Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.<\/p>\n The HS\/HSL Maker Expo is a networking and showcase event for makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs working in the health sciences.<\/p>\n Invited speakers<\/a> will discuss health care projects that leverage 3D printing, design software, and robotics, as well as new ventures to increase local support for commercializing bio and medical technologies.<\/p>\n Exhibitors<\/a> will provide hands-on demonstrations of 3D bio printers, virtual reality microscopy and radiology, medical imaging software, and more.<\/p>\n The half-day event will be begin at 9:30 a.m., March 6, at the SMC Campus Center, 621 W. Lombard St.<\/p>\n Registration is free, space is limited. Refreshments and lunch provided.<\/p>\n The HS\/HSL Maker Expo is made possible by sponsorship from Health Sciences and Human Services Library<\/a>, NNLM SEA<\/a>, arivis<\/a>, and UM Ventures<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anna Young’s keynote talk at the HS\/HSL Maker Expo, “A Maker Revolution in Health”, will discuss how clinicians and patients are improving patient care using new and old tools in innovative ways. Continue reading