I'M
JUDIT GIRÓ.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
CURRENTLY IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
01 PROFESSIONAL
ABOUT ME | HARD & SOFT SKILLS
PROGRAMMING PROFICIENCY
R
Python
SystemC
Matlab
Arduino
TECHNICAL SKILLS PROFICIENCY
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning
Model-based design
Point-of-Care design
Embedded system modeling
Body-sensor integration
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
English
Spanish
Catalan
German
French
ENTHUSIAST
95%
CREATIVE THINKER
85%
LEADERSHIP, EMPATHY
80%
COMUNICATOR
85%
02 PORTFOLIO
The Blue Box
Early-stage breast cancer detection from urine – pain-free, radiation-free
Sensitivity 88.33%
specificity 74.29%
Accuracy 83.32%
Powered by artificial intelligence
Bodily
An app aimed at psychological patients on to log daily feelings and their physical bodily manifestations
Implementing a real-time database by Google Firebase
#moving project
A student volunteering expedition to the refugee squats in Greece
Delivering mental care support and English and Spanish classes to children and teenagers
03CURRICULUM VITAE
Jan. 2021 - CURRENTLY
The Blue Box Biomedical Solutions
CEO & co-founder
The Blue Box® is a point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics medical device for breast cancer testing. Our technology is more sensitive (88.33% vs 56.10%) and accurate (83.32% vs 70.40%) than mammography. Namely, 30% less breast cancers would be left undiagnosed with The Blue Box®
Barcelona, Spain
Since its foundation, The Blue Box has won several international awards and recognitions, including the James Dyson Award 2020 and the 1st place at the US-wide pitch.tech competition by Startup Grind, and being within the 20 finalists of TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2021. The Blue Box has received public funding from the European Commission and been part of several incubators and accelerators, including: Wayfinder (UC Irvine), SkyDeck HotDesk (UC Berkeley), Global Grad Show (Arm Dubai Group), MassChallenge Boston, and CIMTI (incubator promoted by Catalan Department of Health). In 2024, we've participated in CancerX (US. White House) and Healthcare Lab (EIT Health & Roche).
Dec. 2019 - Dec. 2020
Development of the smartphone app "Bodily"
App aimed at the daily tracking of emotions and their physical somatization by psychological patients under treatment
Developed by means of the x.thunkable platform
Sept. 2019 - June 2020
Professional Master
Master of Embedded cyber-physical systems
University of California Irvine, USA
Awarded with the Balsells Fellowship
Oct. 2018 - June 2019
Associate Engineer at Roche Diagnostics
Department of Case Investigation and Resolution
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Barcelona, Spain
Oct. 2017 - July 2018
Bachelor Thesis
"Study of the viability of a low-cost, non-invasive, breast cancer screening device (eNose)"
On breast cancer diagnosis based on urine odor analysis and the application of biostatistical tools
University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Apr. 2018 - July 2018
Sept. 2014 - July 2018
Bachelor’s degree on Biomedical Engineering
Honor distinction: Calculus of more than one variable
Final score of 7.7/10
University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
July 2017
Research Internship at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
“Roles of Cl- homeostasis in pathological brain development”
Hamamatsu, Japan
June 2017
“Bionic technology in Medicine. Prosthesis orthesis and bionic organs” Summer University
Development of a prosthetic arm by 3D printing and Arduino programming
San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain
Sept. 2016 - Sept. 2017
National Coordinator of Human Rights and Peace
International Federation of Medical Students' Association (IFMSA)
Coordinator and founder of #ensmovem (moving), healthcare students' expedition to deliver mental- and healthcare aid and Spanish/English courses to rural areas in Athens, Greece
Delegate of Catalan health sciences students
General Assembly 2017 (World IFMSA Meeting)
Budva, Montenegro
Sept. 2015 - Sept. 2016
Local Coordinator of Human Rights and Peace
Catalan Health Science Students' Association (Associació d'estudiants de ciències de la salut, AECS)
Delegate of Catalan health sciences students
EuRegMe 2016 (European IFMSA Meeting)
Thesaloniki, Greece
Soft skills trainer at the AECS National Assembly
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
March 2014
Development of the app
“Una App per ELLS”,
aimed at treating childhood Autism
Finalist of La Caixa-La Pedrera research contest
Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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