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UC news highlighted the lab-on-a-chip devices developed for mental health. "UC lab-on-a-chip devices take public helath into home" and "Engineers develop stress test to measure cortisol" May, 2025 An article "A new sequential dual flow lab-on-a-chip with a lyophilized one-component chemiluminescence substrate for high-sensitive microchannel lateral flow assay (mLFA)" published in Sensors & Diagnostics and selected as a cover article, Mar. 2025 Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to give a talk as an plenary speaker, "Lab on a chip in Hematology," at ICKSH, Seoul, South Korea, Mar. 2024. UC news highlighted the smartphone-based lab-on-a-chip devices. "UC smartphone lab delivers test results in 'spit' second" and "International media: UC's portable lab connects to smartphone to diagnose disease" Feb, 2020 Dr. Chong Ahn received the 2019 Distinguised Research Professor Award in STEMM Discipline, Apr. 2019 Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to give a talk as an invited Speaker, "A New Mobile Healthcare System using Smart Phone and Immunoassay Lab Chip," at NANO Korea 2018, Seoul, South Korea, Jul. 2018. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a plenary Speaker, "Microfluidics for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Clinical Diagnostics," at Biochip Spring Conference 2018, PyeongChang, South Korea, May, 2018. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a keynote Speaker, "Ultra-High Sensitive Immunoassays using Microfluidic Platform for In Vitro Diagnostics IVD for POCT" at 9th Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics, Munich, Germany, May, 2017. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a plenary Speaker, "Academic Research to Commercialization: Microfluidics to Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Clinical Diagnostics" at K-MEMS Annual Conference 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea, Mar. 2017. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a plenary speaker, "From Academic Research to Commercialization: Ultra-High Sensitive Immunoassays using Microfluidic Platforms for In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) POCT", at 19th MicroTAS, Gyeongju, SouthKorea, Oct. 2015 Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to give a talk on "Multifunctional Smart Lab-on-a-tube (LOT) Probe for Monitoring Traumatic Brain Injury" at the IEE Electron Device Meeting (IDEM), San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2014. Dr. Chong Ahn was designated as a chairperson for the conference on “8th Annual Enabling Point-of-care Diagnostics at 6th Annual Next Generation Diagnostics Summit, 2014. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a keynote speaker, "Next Generation Immunoassays for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) using Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chips" at 7th APCOT, 2014. Dr. Chong Ahn participates as a cour faculty for Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM), highlighted in UC NEWS, "New NSF Center Formed to Advance Microfluidics", Apr. 2014 Dr. Chong Ahn was designated as the subject editor for Special Topical Focus on Fabrication and Integration Technology for BioMEMS and Applications of JMEMS, 2013. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as an invited Speaker, "A New Open-Source Point-of-Care Test (POCT) System for Emergency Room and Physician’s Office Labs" at The 5th Next Generation Diagnostic Summit: Enabling Point-of-Care Diagnostics, 2013. Dr. Chong Ahn was invited as a keynote Speaker to give a talk on "A Rapidly Reconfigurable, Open-Source Point-of-Care Test (POCT) System" at Point-of-Care Diagnostics World Congress 2013. Dr. Chong Ahn and his company Siloam Biosciences to be named as innovation award finalist for the 2013 Business Courier Innovation award, "CEAS Professor Recognized for Innovative Technology",Apr. 2013. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a distinguised speaker on "A New Game Changer for Rapid and Ultra-High Sensitive Immunoassays and Point-of-Care Test(POCT): Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chips" as a part of Distinguished Seminar Series at The University of Utah, 2013. Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to give a talk at the 2012 Annual Symposium for the Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program (NIH) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 2012. Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to give a talk at the Bio Nanotech Expo 2012, Santa Clara, California, Jun. 2012. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a keynote speaker at Eurosensors XXV (25th), Sep. 2011. Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk as a keynote speaker on "Innovative Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chips for POint-of-Care (POC) Food Safety" at the NSF Workshop on Novel Sampling and Sensing for IMproving Food Safety, Gerogia Tech, USA, Jun. 2011. Dr. Chong Ahn received Established Faculty Entrepreneur Achievement Award from the Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research at the University of Cincinnati, "Cincinnati's Leading Entrepreneurs Honored at Annual Award Banquet", "UC Center for Entrepreneurship Congratulates Award Winners at the 13th Annual Banquet", Apr. 2011 Dr. Chong Ahn and Dr. Jed Hartings awarded for using Lab-on-a-Tube as a brain monitor, "UC Neurotrauma Team Awarded $2.1M to Test 'Lab on a Tube'", Oct. 2010 UC awarded $3 M for The Ohio Center for Microfluidic Innovation, "UC Awarded $3 Million from State of Ohio to Research Microfludic Devices for Medical Settings, May 2010. Zhiwei Zou, SooHyun Lee and Dr. Chong Ahn received Best Paper Award from IEEE Sensors Journal, 2009. UC News highlighted recent research progress regarding Lab-on-a-tube platform for multimodal monitoring, "Researchers Develop 'Lab on a Tube' Monitoring Device" May 2009. A new article "A novel lab-on-a-tube for multimodality neuromonitoring of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)" is highlighted as a cover in Lab on a Chip journal, 2009. Dr. Chong Ahn recieved Emerging Enterprenuerial Achievement Award from the University of Cincinnati, "2009 Faculty Awards: Celebrating Excellence Across the University of Cincinnati","2009 Emerging Entrepreneur Award: Chong H. Ahn", May 2009. Dr. Chong Ahn and his company Siloam Biosciences displayed their research projects at the Columbus Statehouse, "Statehouse Showcase: UC Displays Research Aimed at Helping Ohio's Economy", Feb. 2009 Dr. Chong Ahn was featured in "Business Courier of Cincinnati", Oct. 2008, Dr. Ahn and Dr. Do were selected as "main contributors to the Point-of-care Microfluidic Diagnostics issue of Lab on a Chip" by Lab on a Chip Journal, 2008. Dr. Chong Ahn was invited to publish a paper, "Disposable smart lab on a chip for point-of-care clinical diagnostics" in IEEE, 2004. Dr. Chong Ahn served as a course director for "Microfluidic and Lab on a Chip" at ASME Seminar Courses Open Window into MEMS Technology Dr. Chong Ahn gave a talk on ""Disposable Smart Plastic Biochips for Clinical Diagnostics" as a part of Symposium U., and highlighted in MRS News and Highlights, Apr. 2002 UC Research News highlighted recent works in BioMEMS@UC, "BioMEMS Research Produces Mini-Medical Monitor"May, 2001 UC Research News highlighted a method to build plastic microchips using MEMS technology, "UC Engineers Find Way to Build Durable Biochips from Plastic", Sep. 2000