Beyond Traditional Borders: Students Solving Global Health Challenges Maria Oden, Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Beyond Traditional Borders Undergraduate program at Rice Students learn the engineering design process and apply it to designing solutions to real-world global health challenges provided by our partners. Students have the opportunity to apply for internships that allow them to travel to our partners’ sites to implement the designs.

Impact These technologies have been used in 21 countries Over 45,000 people have been directly and positively impacted through the use of these technologies 28 designs have been evaluated or used in the field 28 designs have been evaluated or used in the field Challenge: Moving from design to dissemination Challenge: Moving from design to dissemination Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Lesotho Swaziland Botswana Rwanda Mozambique Malawi Tanzania Sierra Leone United States Dominican Republic Myanmar Niger Kenya Peru India

Oct March 2011 Success Stories- Dosing Clip Licensed to 3 rd Stone Design Dual Market Product

bCPAP Water Level = 6 cm (Flow = 7 L/min) HHMI NCIIA Course Grant NCIIA eTeam USAID

Stalled? Challenges – Bandwidth – Identifying the right partner and/or business model – What is the real market? – Education focus – Funding- try, try again

Steps to Success Design, Prototype, Evaluate, Redesign Evaluation research – Initially in US if possible – Clinical trials – Publish – Obtain funding Identify local champion Partner, partner, partner Dual Market