BME Professor Addresses Treatment Advances at Fuel Wonder Kickoff
Mario Romero-Ortega spoke about the future of disease treatment and prevention at The Future of Engineering.
(From left to right) Engineering alumni Christopher Stemple, mechanical engineering student Katelyn Rees and Marla Peterson at the college’s Fuel Wonder launch event.
Professor and department head of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega spoke as a faculty presenter at The Future of Engineering, December 2023's kickoff for the College of Engineering’s participation in the University of Arizona’s Fuel Wonder fundraising campaign.
College leaders delivered presentations and participated in a panel discussion about the future of UA Engineering teaching, research and design to an audience of more than 80 supporters at the Clayton House in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Introduced by senior undergraduate mechanical engineering student Katelyn Rees, Romero-Ortega spoke about a daunting challenge with which the UA is making strides, thanks to the help of its supporters – moving from medicine 2.0 to 3.0. This shift takes health care’s focus from the treatment of advanced disease to prevention and early disease detection and intervention.
“Imagine being able to detect one single cancer cell in your body at the start of the disease and treating it at that point – not when the tumor is fully formed or has metastasized,” he said.
Read more about the College of Engineering's Fuel Wonder kickoff here.