Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Gebundenes Buch

Biomedical Engineering for Global Health

Beschreibung

Can technology solve health problems across the world? Cutting-edge biomedical engineering meets human health crises for non-science majors and biomedical engineers.

Autor

Rebecca Richards-Kortum is the Malcolm Gillis University Professor at Rice University, Houston and the Director of the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health. Her research has been instrumental in improving early detection of cancers and other diseases, especially in low-resources settings. She is currently working with colleagues and undergraduate students to develop and deploy a suite of technologies necessary to reduce neonatal death in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr Richards-Kortum has 40 patents, and her teaching programs, research and collaborations are supported by grants from NCI, NIH and NSF, the Gates Foundation, and HHMI. She is a member of the NAS, NEA and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1306g
• ISBN-13: 9780521877978
• ISBN-10: 0521877970
• Artikelnr.: 28028431