Co-Directors

George Demiris PhD, FACMI
PIK Professor
School of Nursing & Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine

Mark Yim, PhD
Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Director, GRASP Lab
Executive Committee

Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP, GNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN
Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing
Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing

Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN
Director of Innovation
School of Nursing

Sevile Mannickarottu, MS
Director, Penn Bioengineering Educational Lab & Bio-MakerSPace

Ann Muramatsu
Penn4C Outreach Facilitator, Assoc. Director, Personal Health Informatics Lab
Student Members

Julie Szymaszek
Accelerated Bachelors of Science in Nursing/ Masters of Nursing in Adult – Gerontology Primary Care

Shiny Shen
Bachelor’s of Science in Bioengineering, Class of 2026