Fiona W. Loke , MS

Consultant
Research and Development
Covidien
Singapore, Singapore

Fiona's passion for applied engineering for healthcare and medicine grew through a series of school projects. With a curious and open attitude, propelled by encouraging teachers, her research topics included coded aperture fast neutron analysis with the Research Science Institute at MIT, bacterial detection using an electronic nose at the German Heart Institute in Berlin, diffusion tensor image processing and tools for a radiology framework at Stanford University.

On a full scholarship from a Singaporean company, Fiona obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, with an M.S. concentration in medical imaging. She returned to Singapore after graduation to serve the company, beginning with intelligent transport systems now successfully deployed islandwide.

Four years later, Fiona co-founded the iMedical initiative in her company and led a team developing translatable healthcare applications combined with new media. iMedical also promoted healthcare interoperability standards by providing training and through active involvement in local and international standards bodies. As Team Lead, Fiona balanced technical and business development responsibilities, working closely with clinicians to design user-centric systems, as well as with healthcare institutions to secure funding and define commercialization plans.

After serving out her scholarship bond, Fiona recognized an exciting opportunity in the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign programme to be part of the biomedical device start-up scene in Singapore. Fiona currently consults for Covidien in Singapore and is a Consultant and Assistant Head with Singapore Stanford Biodesign at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Outside work, she pursues some early-stage projects, is active in church and jogs regularly.