Sai Vadhula
Visiting Scientist
Global Health Team
Sai R. Vadhula, Senior Member IEEE, is a physician-engineer whose main interest is in delivering equitable health-span to any global setting through cutting edge technology.
As a visiting scientist, he currently functions as a bridge between the engineering and healthcare, striving to expand the center's expertise in equitable global health technologies.
He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Ohio State University, specializing in dynamic systems and control theory(2008), and an MD from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine(2021).
Most recently, he completed his post graduate residency certification in Internal Medicine from the University of Massachusetts-Baystate(2024), continuing in hospital medicine.
Previously, he worked as a staff researcher at General Motors Global R&D in Michigan (until 2016), leading research programs in advanced propulsion systems.
He also has rich professional and research expertise in the applications of control theory to neural engineering, machine vision, artificial intelligence, robotics and mechatronics with a track record of patents and publications."