EWH at Berkeley Introductory Meeting September 22 2015

EWH at Berkeley Introductory Meeting September 22, 2015

70% of medical equipment in Sub-Saharan Africa is idle due to: • Mismanagement • Lack of technical support and training • Non-functional http: //www. who. int/medical_devices/publications/en/Donation_Guidelines. pdf

Hospitals in Developing Nations http: //www. medisend. org/images/pr 86 -1 -lg. jpg https: //www. srcf. ucam. org/cugh/medaidimages/medaid 3. jpg

Where EWH Steps In http: //medicaloutreach. americares. org/wp-content/uploads/Cambodia-BMETStudent-Power-Supply-Troubleshooting. jpg http: //www. dukesead. org/uploads/1/8/4/2/18429695/6119702. jpg? 384

• 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 Yes. Yous $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 Agenda 6: 10– 6: 20– 7: 00– 8: 00 General announcements and attendance Public health presentations 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 Auto. CAD, you will either create your own Auto. CAD device as a team or expand on previous year’s device. • Devices will be 3 D printed and tested for fluid control, etc.

Microcentrifuge • Rapidly spins heterogeneous mixtures to separate materials. • Draw microcentrifuge components in Auto. CAD • 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 B 12 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) • 1 st month: technical/foreign language training • 2 nd 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!