Dawn Bardot

Biography

With more than 15 years of experience in medical devices, Dawn Bardot, PhD, brings a wealth of experience to her role as Vice President of Technology Innovation at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC). She is passionate about the application of data analytics and modeling to improve health care and lower the cost of bringing products to market. Over the course of her career, Bardot has worked with startup companies, government organizations and academia on data driven design and decision making, including high intensity focused ultrasound, patient specific noninvasive FFR and medical oxygen regeneration for space flight. She has tackled the challenge of big data and data curation; disseminated and promoted the first computational model V&V standard; and recruited, hired and led high performing teams of direct reports and volunteers. At MDIC, her programs have produced and demonstrated a statistical framework for incorporating virtual patients in clinical trials including one mock submission, seven retrospective applications and one prospective application. Dr. Bardot has a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University, a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, was an Innovation Fellow at the University of Minnesota Medical Devices Center, and spent two summers as a Faculty Fellow at NASA Marshal Space Flight Center.

Research Interest

health care