How we conduct science, and the environments and culture we create for research.
Yujiang Wang
She/herBiography
I completed a double-degree in Mathematics and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where my interest in interdisciplinary research began. Moving to the UK for a PhD in Systems Biology, I specialized in Computational Neuroscience. Since then, the UK has become my home, allowing me to pursue my passion for applying computational approaches to questions related to disorders of the brain and nervous system.
As an FLF now, I feel privileged not only in participating in the ongoing digital revolution in health and healthcare, but in actively shaping the next innovations in this space.
Research
Project Title
Assessing and COntrolling seizuRe-modulating fluctuatioNs (ACORN)Project Summary
My FLF project leverages the latest wearable and environmental sensor technology, combining it with signal and statistical analytics to investigate chronobiological rhythms and states in epilepsy. As the project progressed, we identified a significant gap in the study of chronobiology in free-living humans, both in health and disease, despite a medical crisis centred around disrupted chronobiology in modern humans. We are actively researching the scale of this crisis in epilepsy as an example condition, but we envisage that the project's outputs will be applicable to broader studies of disrupted chronobiology.