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Engineering for Global Health: UCSD’s Commitment to Medical Technology in Developing Countries

Join UCSD's engineering initiative focused on improving global health through real-world, project-based experiences. Collaborate with Engineering World Health to support hospitals in developing countries by providing innovative medical technology solutions. Our projects, including the HIV Treatment Analysis, aim to enhance patient care and improve healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings. Open to all majors, we offer hands-on learning through Build Days, speaker series, and the Duke Summer Program. Become part of a community dedicated to making a difference in global health.

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Engineering for Global Health: UCSD’s Commitment to Medical Technology in Developing Countries

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  1. Welcome

  2. What is Engineering World Health at UCSD about? • Providing real world, project-based experience focused on medical technology • Partnering with EWH national to help individuals and hospitals in developing countries • Educating engineering students on the growing efforts by UCSD Faculty in both Medicine in Engineering to improve Global Health We are committed to:

  3. Meet The Officers • Co-Presidents: • Thomas Chew and PJ Loury

  4. Meet The Officers • VP Internal: DiptiKanthilal • VP External: AkshayMaheshwari • VP Finance: Mike Adsit

  5. Meet The Advisors • Faculty co-advisor: Dr. Melissa Micou • Faculty co-advisor: Dr. Juan Lasheras • Get to know us!

  6. First Project: HIV Treatment Analysis • Entry for the EWH Design Competition • Provide Hospitals in the Developing world with a method to gauge patient response to HIV treatment • This information helps doctors determine the best way to suppress HIV in early stages • Design a device that can reproduce this method at a low cost

  7. HIV Treatment Project Team • Work alongside UCSD healthcare professionals to streamline a novel biological assay • Prototype an inexpensive thermocycler needed to run PCR for the assay • Learn how to design a temperature control system • Gain experience in engineering product development and documentation • Year-long project commitment • Open to All Majors

  8. Build Days • Hands on soldering and project experience • Assemble kits from EWH National • Kits used in low resource settings to diagnose malfunctioning equipment

  9. Upcoming Events • Global Health Speaker Series • Dr. Smith – HIV treatment analysis • Dr. Tilghman – Global health in Mozambique • other UCSD faculty focused on improving medical care overseas • Build Days • Two or three per year • Team-based activity • Thermocycler Project Team Meetings • Join our Programming Committee to plan Hospital Technology tours, Field Trips, and more!

  10. Duke Summer Program • EWH Summer Institute • Tanzania and Central America • One month training, one month work experience in developing hospitals • Learn the language, take technical classes, get lab experience, work in local hospitals • http://ewh.org/index.php/programs/institutes • http://vimeo.com/17098687

  11. Officer Positions Open • Programming Chair: Organize and lead Build Days and communicate with EWH National to purchase kits. Put on quarterly events.  Collaborate with other engineering/science clubs and put on joint social events. Work with Vice President External to secure hospital tours and/or funding for EWH @ UCSD • TESC Representative: Attend TESC meetings to act as a liaison for EWH and to communicate all EWH events to the engineering leadership • Publicity Chair:  Create/maintain a website for EWH at UCSD and update events in a timely fashion.  Also maintain the EWH Facebook Page. Make fliers to be posted around school to publicize GBM's and Build Days • Historian: Attend all EWH events and take pictures to be posted on the website. • Check the website ewh.ucsd.edu for full description of positions and application. Email dkanthil@ucsd.edu if you have any questions.

  12. Thank You • ewh.ucsd.edu • Click “Contact Us” to join the mailing list! • Click “Our Projects” to join the project team! • Feel free to email us: ewh@ucsd.edu • If you have more questions on the HIV Thermocycler Project, stay after and talk with us

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