Rich Fletcher directs the Mobile Technology Group within the Auto-ID Lab (http://www.mobiletechnologylab.com) which develops a variety of mobile sensors, analytic tools, and diagnostic algorithms to study problems in global health, point of care diagnostics, mental health, and behavior medicine (e.g. substance abuse). Dr. Fletcher is also research faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital, department of Psychiatry, and is on the board of the Digital Twins for Health Society (https://dt4h.org/). Dr. Fletcher earned undergraduate degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT with graduate degrees in Information technology, wireless sensors, RFID, and Internet of Things; he has previously worked in the US Air Force, MIT Media Lab, and UMass Medical School, producing over 20 US patents and several spin-off companies. Dr. Fletcher has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Vodafone and the Tata Trust, with the aim of bridging together the fields of engineering and medicine.
Contact: fletcher@media.mit.edu