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Engineering World Health

   In May 2011, I started a UCSD chapter of Engineering World Health with two other Bioengineering undergraduates with the goals of exposing undergraduates to medical technology and global health through hands-on design projects. During my third and fourth year at UCSD I led a total of 4 project teams to develop cost-effective lab equipment for HIV clinics in resource-limited settings. As the lead manager of the EWH project teams, I taught project management and design thinking skills, coordinated fundraising for our projects, and managed our design lab space and equipment.

Design Project

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  • HIV medication prevents the retrovirus from replicating, but the virus may mutate over time and gain drug resistance
  • Anti-retroviral therapy stops working for 10% of HIV patients each year
  • Early detection of drug resistance is critical to prolonging life expectancy and preserving efficacy of 1st line HIV medication
  • Collaboration with the UCSD Center of AIDS Research
  • Develop Cost-Effective Lab equipment to detect early onset drug resistant forms of HIV
  • Collaborating with Eduardo Mondlane University Hospital

Accomplishments

  • Placed 2nd Place in 2012 EWH National Design Competition 
  • Raised $6K+ in undergraduate research grants
  • Opened an undergraduate bioengineering design space
  • Published in the UCSD Journal of Undergraduate Research
  • Led team to build <$50 lab centrifuge for Mozambique Hospital
Design Submission
Visit the EWH site

News

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UCSD wins 2nd Place in EWH 2012 National Design Competition
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RNA Extraction
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PCR Thermocycler
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Gel Electrophoresis
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