Who Are We?
We are two freshmen from Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. We are both part of an organization called iCAN that advocates for children's medical needs, and also teaches kids about clinical trials and the research process. Not only are we active members of this organization, but we are both on the board for the Georgia chapter. Also, we have experience with the healthcare system and have spent a considerable amount of time in healthcare facilities due to illness. We have struggled with miscommunication between hospitals, and would like to help prevent situations like what we experienced. Save time, save lives.
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Jake Haygood
Jake is a member of KIDS Georgia and serves as a co-technology officer on the junior board. He is also the youth chairperson of the iCAN international technology board. Jake is part of the AnemoCheck team at Georgia Tech in the role of app development. Since the age of nine when he received a book on Python, programming has been a passion of his. Being a self-taught programmer, he is fluent in a variety programming languages including C, C++, Arduino, Python, Vb.net, C#, html, R, Swift, Java (PC and Android), JavaScript, Matlab, visual basic (VBscript, VBA, VB.net), and other languages. Also, he has an understanding of how computers systems work at a hardware level and has experience with micro controllers. Jake is knowledgeable in computer architecture and how components interface to form logic modules and complex electrical systems. He recently earned his amateur radio license and is interested in exploring radio transmissions further and non traditional communication methods as well as artificial intelligence design and implementation. In his free time, he enjoys hunting, programming, playing the clarinet, designing circuits, and hanging out with his friends. Jake also suffered severe medical issues for eight months when he was twelve. This gave him a unique insight into medicine and medical technology and how biomedical devices can be created to solve the problems that he struggled with when he was a patient.
Hampton Woods
Hampton is the co-Founder of Haygood and Woods Co., L.L.C. He and his partner, Jake Haygood, attended PEDS 2040 on behalf of iCAN where they participated in the Young Innovators Workshop and Innovation Beach. They presented their medical device at Innovation Beach and won the popular vote award. The team has also presented at the Georgia Aquarium for Molecules for Minions, and is in the process of obtaining a patent for their device. Hampton has been a keynote speaker for the Pediatric Pharmacy Association's annual meeting, and has participated in the International Society for Pediatric Innovation (iSPI) roundtable discussions at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Pediatric Technology Center at Georgia Tech. Recently, Hampton had the privilege of representing KIDS Georgia at the ICAN summit in Barcelona, Spain, and the International Congress of Pediatrics in Vancouver, British Columbia. When Hampton was four months old, he was diagnosed with idiopathic cirrhosis, necessitating a non-related living donor liver transplant. Hampton is currently enrolled in a clinical research study called iWith in conjunction with Emory University. In addition to biomedical engineering, Hampton enjoys playing the baritone, hanging out with his friends, competing in swim team, and leading a middle school boys' small group at Woodstock City Church.