Bryan Shaw (chemist)

Bryan F. Shaw (born August 20, 1976) is an American biochemist at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.[1] He is best known for developing free software for smartphones that can detect eye cancer (retinoblastoma) in children by searching the child's picture for "white eye" (leukocoria).[2][3][4] Shaw developed this software after his wife detected "white eye" in pictures of their own son, who was later diagnosed with retinoblastoma.[5] Shaw is an advocate for parent-based, photographic screening of pediatric eye diseases that present with "white-eye".[6][7] Shaw grew up in Spokane, Washington and received his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University.[8]

References

  1. ↑ National Public Radio, Shots, November 6, 2013; http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/05/243189819/how-pictures-of-infant-boys-eyes-helped-diagnose-cancer
  2. ↑ National Public Radio, Morning Edition, October 31, 2014; http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/31/359568507/look-here-phone-app-checks-photos-for-eye-disease
  3. ↑ KEYE TV, CBS Austin, November 7, 2014; http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/app-helps-detect-cancer-hiding-plain-sight-22057.shtml
  4. ↑ CBS Dallas/Fort Worth, May 19, 2014; http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/05/19/white-eye-photos-may-indicate-rare-cancer-in-children/
  5. ↑ National Public Radio, Morning Edition, May 6, 2014; http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/06/309003098/chemist-turns-software-developer-after-sons-cancer-diagnosis
  6. ↑ National Public Radio, Morning Edition, May 7, 2014; http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/07/310104315/faith-drives-a-father-to-create-a-test-for-childhood-cancer
  7. ↑ British Broadcasting Company, November 12, 2014; http://www.bbc.com/capital/specials/protection-now/health/white-eye-app-can-give-red-flag-to-eye-abnormalities_a-32-369.html
  8. ↑ The Spokesman Review, September 23, 2014; http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/sep/23/app-aims-to-alert-parents-to-sign-of-rare-eye-canc/
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