Ryan Mcginnis
Founding Director, Center For Remote Health Monitoring at Biobe
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Mcginnis is a digital health researcher, entrepreneur, and Founding Director of the Center for Remote Health Monitoring at Wake Forest University with nine years of focused experience translating wearable-sensor and biofeedback research into deployed human-subject studies and commercial products. He bridges academia and industry—as an associate professor of biomedical engineering, associate editor for leading digital health journals, and advisor/co-founder to multiple startups—bringing both rigorous science and product-minded execution. His work spans musculoskeletal and neurological assessment, telehealth biofeedback for mental health, objective pediatric mental health risk metrics, sports performance, and warfighter biomechanics, often leveraging IMU- and biosensor-derived digital endpoints. He founded PanicMechanic, an app that operationalizes biofeedback for panic attacks, and co-founded companies that move lab methods into scalable tools for clinicians and consumers. Known for shaping a new biomedical engineering program and leading interdisciplinary research groups, he combines algorithm development, clinical validation, and commercialization expertise. Based in Winston-Salem, he frequently advises pharma and device firms on digital endpoints, reflecting a rare mix of hands-on engineering, clinical translation, and editorial influence.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Mechanical Engineering at University of MichiganNSF Innovation Corps National WorkshopBS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette CollegeGithub contributions (5)
ryan-mcginnis/IMU-orientation
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
ryan-mcginnis/matlab-machine-learning
Jul 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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