This initiative is made possible by
  a grant  to Rice University from the 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
through the Undergraduate Science Education Program.

2012 Undergraduate Global Health Design Competition

Registration deadline for the Rice University Global Health Technologies Design Competition (to take place March 30, 2012) is Jan. 27, 2012.

Click links below for more information or to register.

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Carrying Life Saving Technologies to Mothers and Children

The Pregnancy Pack was created by a group of 20 seniors to address the need of quality maternal and neonatal care in low resource settings.

BTB International Interns work with partners in the field

Follow our students as they learn about healthcare in the developing world and demonstrate new health technologies of their own design.

The OwlsBeyondBorders blog chronicles their experiences during their summer internships in South America and Africa.

www.owlsbeyondborders.rice.edu

Community Health Worker Backpacks

Watch the inspiring interviews  of community health providers in Malawi whose work has been transformed with the use of Community Health Worker (CHW) backpacks designed by Rice University. 

A recent Global Health Technology graduate who originally developed the backpacks, Elizabeth Nesbit, returned to Malawi this summer to collect feedback from the backpack's users.

Interested in joining the growing network of educators preparing high school students to make a positive impact on global health through bioengineering? In the Spring, BTB will again offer its high school educator Professional Development Workshop - an online training program on the essentials necessary to teach Bioengineering and World Health.   Click here for more information. Applications will be available soon.

Congratulations to our Summer 2011 PDW Class!

CALL for Global Health Challenge Design & Research Projects

Contribute your ideas to the BTB portfolio of global health technology design and research projects!

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