EWH at BerkeleyIntroductory MeetingSeptember 22, 2015

70%of medical equipment in Sub-Saharan Africa is idle due to:

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• Mismanagement• Lack of technical support and training• Non-functional

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Hospitals in Developing Nations

Where EWH Steps In

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• National professional NGO

• Established in 2001

• 30 global chapters

• To design and build medical equipment that can be easily assembled and used in developing nations

• To share our designs with the world at large

• To inspire others with the idea that inadequate access to health care is the root of poverty

Past Accomplishments• Designed an ECG test system that was adopted by the

national chapter

• Developed DIY ultrasound gel for neonatal care• Recipient of the YesYous $1000 award

• Formulated hospital safety and adequacy protocol, which was adopted by Global Healing for hospitals in Vietnam

• Earned over $5000 in grants for projects over the last 6 years

TED Talk• Nikolai Begg: A Tool to Fix One of the Most Dangerous

Moments in Surgery

Weekly Meeting Agenda6:10–6:20 General announcements and attendance

6:20–7:00 Public health presentations

7:00–8:00 Project group meetings

Some project group meetings will be held outside of class.

Grading• 2 units of P/NP credit

• NP if your total grade is less than 70%.

• Meeting attendance: 40%• Project participation: 40%• Public health presentation: 20%

Attendance (40%)• Attend the weekly meetings.

– Public health presentations, guest speaker sessions, and project group meetings are valuable resources for you to make the most out of your time here.

• You are expected to show up at project group meetings and building sessions.

• Up to 3 excused absences (e.g., exams and emergencies)

• Each unexcused absence is minus 10% from your total grade.

Project Participation (40%)• EWH members must be active in at least one project.• Projects are assigned based on preference and

availability. We will try to accommodate everyone’s requests.

• Graded on effort• Two open project groups:

– Electronics (Eric)– HIV diagnostics device (Yash)

Electronics• Learn about concepts

related to basic circuitry and hands-on applications such as breadboarding and soldering

• Build ECG simulators which will be shipped (functional or not) to third world countries

HIV Diagnostics Device• Design a compact, cheap

microfluidic device to diagnose whether someone has HIV through saliva sampling

• After learning about AutoCAD, you will either create your own AutoCAD device as a team or expand on previous year’s device.

• Devices will be 3D printed and tested for fluid control, etc.

Microcentrifuge• Rapidly spins heterogeneous

mixtures to separate materials.

• Draw microcentrifuge components in AutoCAD

• Manufacture prototypes in the machine shop

Public Health Presentations (20%)• Expose members to current global health issues and

challenges• Present background, epidemiology, treatments, etc. on

public health topics• 15 minutes: 10 minutes lecture + 5 minutes Q&A

Public Health Topics Examples• Ebola• HIV/AIDS• Tuberculosis• Diabetes• Malnutrition• Malaria• Rabies• Vitamin B12 deficiencies• Calcium deficiencies• Occupational health problems• Cancer• Cataracts

• Arthritis• Epilepsy• Depression• Environmental factors on health

problems• Neglected tropical diseases• Microbiomes• Pregnancy• Water sanitation• Disease eradication

Propose a Project!• You should have a strong

background in the field of your project.

• Consult us if you are interested!• Examples of possible projects:

– Collaborate with other groups to design GUIs and algorithms

– Tissue culture hood– Micropipette

Things to Consider• How many people do I need?• What areas of expertise do I need?• Expenses?• Funding?• Goals?

– Publications– Prototyping– Educational– Or…

Big Ideas @ Berkeley• An annual competition where

students can submit proposals of “big ideas” that aim to solve current problems around the world.

• Contains several categories, the most relevant ones being:– Global health– Clean & sustainable energy

alternatives– Information technology for society

Summer Institute• Summer abroad program in

third world countries (Nicaragua, Rwanda, and Tanzania)

• 1st month: technical/foreign language training

• 2nd month: engineering fieldwork in a local hospital

Weekly Meetings• Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m in 224 Wheeler Hall• At next week’s meeting, we will present public health

presentation examples and you will meet your project group!

• Visit us at ewhberkeley.weebly.com/ for events and updates!

Thanks for coming!