
Kristin Gilchrist, Ph.D., is a Program Director for the NIBIB Division of Health Informatics Technologies. Prior to joining NIBIB, Dr. Gilchrist was the Associate Director of Research for the 4D Bio3 Center for Biotechnology at Uniformed Services University as well as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology and Bioengineering. From 2004 to 2021, Dr. Gilchrist was a research scientist at RTI International, where she investigated wearable sensors in combination with advanced analytics for a range of health applications including pre-symptomatic illness detection, assessment of mild traumatic brain injury, and detection of seizures in children with epilepsy. She received a B.E. in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.