Giovanni Traverso

Research Interests

Ingestible and implantable robotics

Biocompatible smart materials

Translational science

Drug delivery for optimal drug adherence

Biomedical device development

Early detection of cancer

“Inactive ingredients” and their potential benefits and harms 

Bio

Dr. Traverso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School. Dr. Traverso grew up in Peru, Canada and the United Kingdom.  He received his BA from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK, and his PhD from the lab of Prof. Bert Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins University.  He subsequently completed medical school at the University of Cambridge, internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and his gastroenterology fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital, both at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Traverso’s previous work focused on the development of novel molecular tests for the early detection of colon cancer. For his post-doctoral research, he transitioned to the fields of chemical and biomedical engineering in the laboratory of Professor Robert Langer at MIT where he developed a series of novel technologies for drug delivery as well as physiological sensing via the gastrointestinal tract.

His current research program is focused on developing the next generation of drug delivery systems to enable safe and efficient delivery of therapeutics as well developing novel ingestible electronic devices for sensing a broad array of physiologic and pathophysiologic parameters. Additionally, Dr. Traverso continues his efforts towards the development of novel diagnostic tests that enable the early detection of cancer.

Online Data

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-traverso-84386742/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Htybq6sAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed – My Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/carlo.traverso.1/bibliography/public/

Honors + Awards

2002 Collegiate Inventors Competition

2002 Research Fellowship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

2003 MIT TR100

2016 Inventions Award, Popular Science

Related Experience

Clinical Sciences

Internist and Gastroenterologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Board Certified, Internal Medicine, 2010

Board Certified, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2013

Teaching

Fall 2019 - Medical Device Design (2.750)

Spring 2020 - Translational Engineering (2.S988)

Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Htybq6sAAAAJ

NCBI My Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/carlo.traverso.1/bibliography/public/