Who Are We?
We are two seniors from Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. We are both part of an organization called iCAN (International Children's Advisory Network) 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, KIDS Georgia. We both 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 improve point of care communication in an emergent situation. Save time, save lives.
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Jake Haygood
Jake is the Technology Officer for KIDS Georgia and serves as Co-Technology Officer for iCAN. He is honored to have represented KIDS Georgia at multiple iCAN international summits. Currently, he is assisting with a collaborative project with the biomedical engineering program at Georgia Tech and Emory. He is working with Wilbur Lam's lab to develop a noninvasive rapid anemia diagnosis app, utilizing computational models and skills to implement machine learning models. 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, Jake has an understanding of how computers systems work at a hardware level and has experience with micro controllers. He is knowledgeable in computer architecture and how components interface to form logic modules and complex electrical systems. For the past 4 years, he has used his computer science skills to mentor a younger student. In his free time, he enjoys programming, playing the guitar, designing circuits, and hanging out with his friends. Jake 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 President of KIDS Georgia, and Co-Technology Officer of iCAN. 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, Orlando, Florida, and Edinburgh, Scotland, 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, and recently was diagnosed with May-Thurner Syndrome. 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.
