Public Lecture - Engineering Medical Devices for Maternal and New Born Health
Event
September 12, 2018
Host:
Faculty of Engineering
Venue:
Polytechnic Cafeteria
Date:
September 14, 2018 - 2:00 pm
- 3:45 pm
[ Past Event ]
The Speaker
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., is the Malcolm Gillis University Professor of Bioengineering, Director or the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, and Founder of the Beyond Traditional Borders Undergraduate Global Health Program at Rice University.
She specializes in creating new technologies to provide health care to vulnerable populations. As a Science Envoy for Health Security, Dr. Richards-Kortum focuses on expanding access to American engineering research and curriculum to build engineering capacity and opportunities for U.S. collaboration on the continent of Africa.