Lauren A. Shluzas, PhD is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and former CEO/Co-Founder of Bio1 Systems, Inc. She previously served as Executive Director of the Healthcare Design Research Program in the Stanford Center for Design Research from 2013-2019. Dr. Shluzas teaches user-centered design and research methods, qualitative & quantitative data analysis techniques, technology venture formation, product development, design thinking, and experimental investigation of engineering problems - applied to digital healthcare, education, and autonomous systems.
Dr. Shluzas completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Informatics at the Stanford School of Medicine (Dept. of Health Policy), supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She holds an M.S./Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, with a doctoral minor in Management Science & Engineering, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
