Global Health & Engineering Seminar: THURSDAY March 29, 4:30-6:30pm
Join us for an hour of short presentations by students and staff from engineering and public health, followed by a cocktail hour for networking and discussions! For this event, we are excited to have:
– Amy Canham on solar-powered technology for respiratory health (BU Biomedical Engineering)
– Elizabeth Johansen on successfully bringing products to market in the developing world with a focus on Project Firefly phototherapy for jaundiced infants (Director of Product Development at Design that Matters)
– Dr. Andrew Schiermeier on developing and manufacturing affordable vaccines and therapies focusing on TB, malaria and HIV (Chief Executive Officer of Medicine in Need (MEND) )
Where: 203 ERB, 44 Cummington St, Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department
When: THURSDAY March 29th, 4:30pm to 6:30pm (refreshments at 4:15p)
Who: Anyone who is interested in learning about global health projects from engineering and public health standpoints!
Visit our site! http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/
Please RSVP here: http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/rsvp/
Sponsors of GHECHo are:
Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD)
BU Photonics Center
BU School of Public Health
Dr. Cathie Klapperich (BU BME, ME)
Dr. Muhammad Zaman (BU BME)
Dr. Selim Unlu (BU ECE, BME, Physics)
