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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
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
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