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04/15/11
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04/06/11
Former President Clinton lauds students' efforts on global health technologies
 
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TEDxRiceU highlights the inspirational ideas of BTB and Rice  360° faculty
 

Upcoming Events

March 30, 2012
2012 Undergraduate Global Health Design Competition
Rice University
 
March 30th - April 1st
Clinton Global Initiative University
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
November 28th
BTB & Rice 360
Josh Nesbit, CEO of Medic Mobile
Lecture followed by a Reception and Poster Session of Student-designed Global Health Technologies
Location TBA @  6-9 p.m.
Rice University
October 12th
BTB & Rice 360
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.
Innovation in the Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases 
James A. Baker III Hall @ 4 p.m.
Rice University
 

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







An initiative for the advancement of appropriate,
high-value innovations in global health biotechnology

HIGHLIGHTS... 

2012 Undergraduate Global Health Design Competition

The  2nd Annual Rice University Global Health Technologies Design Competition was held at the BRC on March 30, 2012. For a summary and the results of the competition, follow the link below.

Learn more »

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.

Watch the video on YouTube!

 
 

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.

 
FOCUS ON...
Bioengineering & World Health
Professional Development Workshop

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!

 

A baby receiving UV treatment from a
student-designed phototherapy device.

 

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