Corinna E. Lathan

Lathan received her B.A. in Biopsychology and Mathematics from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]

Lathan was an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The Catholic University of America and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3]

In 1999, Lathan co-founded AnthroTronix, Inc., a research and development company in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 2005, she founded AT KidSystems, Inc., a spinoff of AnthroTronix, which distributes alternative computer interfaces and educational software.[1][4]

At AnthroTronix, Lathan spearheaded the development of biomedical assistive devices such as CosmoBot, an interactive robot serving children with autism and with disorders that affect the nervous system.[5] Most recently, she led the development of Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment (DANA), an FDA-cleared digital health platform which helps healthcare providers better assess cognitive function.[6]

Lathan’s work with children with disabilities and robotics has been featured in magazines including Forbes,[3] Time,[7] and The New Yorker.[5] She was named as Maryland's Top Innovator of the Year,[8] MIT Technology Review’s “Top 100 World Innovators,”[9] and one of Fast Company Magazine’s “Most Creative People in Business,”[10] among other recognitions.

Lathan serves as co-chair of World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Human Enhancement,[11] a Board Member for the Smithsonian Institute's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation,[12] and a Board Member at Engineering World Health, supporting the emergence of healthcare technology in the developing world.[13] She also serves as an Independent Director at PTC, a global technology provider for internet of things and augmented reality platforms.[14]

Dedicated to empowering women and minorities in science and technology, Lathan founded Keys to Empowering Youth (KEYs) in 1993 at MIT, which has since been adopted at other universities nationwide.[1][15] She is an advisor to the FIRST and VEX robotics programs[1] and a Board Member at KID Museum.[16]

Previously, Lathan was an Advisory Board Member of Amman Imman - Water is Life, a judge for Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE,[17] and a Board Member of the National Black Child Development Institute.[1]

• The Daily Record Maryland’s Top Innovator of the Year (2002)[8]
• MIT Technology Review Top 100 World Innovators (2002)[9]
• World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2004)[18]
• World Economic Forum Young Global Leader[19]
• Fast Company Magazine Most Creative People in Business (2010)[10]

• AnthroTronix
• "Envisioning The Future With Inventor Cori Lathan". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
• McCarthy, Ellen, 'AnthroTronix Puts Robotics to Work for Disabled Children and Soldiers in Combat', The Washington Post, 2003.
• Taboh, Julie, 'Robot Helps Children with Disabilities', Voice of America, 2009.