Can technology solve health problems across the world? Cutting-edge biomedical engineering meets human health crises for non-science majors and biomedical engineers.
Can technology solve health problems across the world? Cutting-edge biomedical engineering meets human health crises for non-science majors and biomedical engineers.
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.
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Preface 1. Emerging medical technologies: high stakes science and the need for technology assessment 2. Bioengineering and technology assessment 3. Health and economic data: a global comparison 4. World health and global health challenges 5. Healthcare systems: a global comparison 6. Healthcare costs vs time: trends and drivers 7. The evolution of technology: scientific method, engineering design, and translational research 8. Prevention of infectious disease 9. Ethics of clinical research 10. Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer 11. Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease 12. Technologies for treatment of heart disease 13. Clinical trial design and sample size calculation 14. Technology diffusion 15. Regulation of health care technologies 16. Future of bioengineering and world health Index.
Preface 1. Emerging medical technologies: high stakes science and the need for technology assessment 2. Bioengineering and technology assessment 3. Health and economic data: a global comparison 4. World health and global health challenges 5. Healthcare systems: a global comparison 6. Healthcare costs vs time: trends and drivers 7. The evolution of technology: scientific method, engineering design, and translational research 8. Prevention of infectious disease 9. Ethics of clinical research 10. Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer 11. Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease 12. Technologies for treatment of heart disease 13. Clinical trial design and sample size calculation 14. Technology diffusion 15. Regulation of health care technologies 16. Future of bioengineering and world health Index.
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