Natalia Rincon

Natalia Rincon is a Senior Clinical Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine whose work focuses on improving the safety and personalization of methadone treatment for opioid use disorder. Recognizing that differences in how individuals metabolize methadone can complicate treatment initiation and dosing, she is exploring a minimally invasive wearable biosensor that could continuously monitor methadone and its metabolites through interstitial fluid. The technology could provide patients and clinicians with real-time information to support more individualized dosing and treatment monitoring, particularly during the critical first 30 days of care. Her work aims to apply precision medicine and biosensing technology to improve treatment retention and reduce the risks of withdrawal and overdose.