engaging undergraduate students to solve global health technology challenges maria oden department...

Engaging Undergraduate Students to Solve

Global Health Technology Challenges

Maria OdenDepartment of Bioengineering

Rice 360o Institute for Global Health Technologies Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen

Rice 360o: Global Health Technologies

HaitiMexico

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Brazil

GuatemalaHonduras India

LesothoSwaziland

Botswana

Nigeria Rwanda

MozambiqueMalawi

Tanzania

Sierra Leone

United States

• Established 2008• Based in School of

Engineering• Minor in GLHT• Students from all

majors• Design based program:

Freshman thru Senior • Internships

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100%

23.5%

64.6%

Survival for Babies with RDS

Surv

ival

(%)

4/17 31/48

Keys to Success/Lessons Learned• Real projects with real partners in the field• Internship opportunities• Long-term commitment to solve challenges• Listen to partners in the field• Identify need, understand context, design, build,

evaluate, iterate, re-evaluate, lather, rinse, repeat…. • Encourage journal publication• Pursue opportunities for follow on grants to advance

successful projects• Commercialization partners