CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Conference on Bioengineering Applications to Address Global Health
November 6-7, 2008
Fitzpatrick Center, Pratt School of Engineering


Thursday, November 6


 

 

 

 

8:50-9:10am

Welcoming/Opening Remarks

 

Schiciano A & B

 

 

 

Michael Merson, Director, Duke Global Health Institute

 

 

9:10-9:15am

Introductory Comments

 

George Truskey

 

Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

 

 

9:20-10:20am

Session 1: Technology Challenges Facing Global Health Delivery and Care

 

 

9:20-9:50am

Rebecca Richards-Kortum

 

Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University

 

Director, Rice 360°: Technology Solutions for World Health

 

Engineering Sustainable Innovations to Prevent Disease

 

 

9:50-10:20am

David M. Kelso, Ph.D.

 

Clinical Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

 

Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies

 

Attributes of Medical Devices Appropriate for Resource-Poor Environments

 

 

10:45-12 noon

Panel Discussion: Identifying Key Technology Challenges

 

Schiciano A & B

   

 

 

1-2:05pm

Session 2: Diagnostics

 

Schiciano A & B

 

 

1:05-1:35pm

John T. McDevitt

 

Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin

 

Nano-to-Global: Bridging the Gaps in Health Care

 

 

1:35-2:05pm

Samuel K. Sia, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Columbia University

 

Lab-on-a-chip Devices for Global Health

 

 

2:05-3:10pm

Panel Discussion: Issues and Strategies for Diagnostics

   

 

 

3:30-4:00pm

Session 3: Drug Delivery

 

Schiciano A & B

 

 

3:30-4:00pm

Patrick F. Kiser, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaeutical Chemistry, University of Utah

 

Design and Development of Microbicides

 

 

4:00-5:00pm

Panel Discussion: Drug Delivery Issues in the Developing World

   

 

 

5:00-6:00pm

Reception and Poster Session

 

Pre-function

 

 

 

 


Friday, November 7


 

 

8-9:30am

Session 4: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges

 

Schiciano A & B

 

 

8-8:30am

J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D.

 

SVM Professsor of Cytomics, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

 

Design Criteria for Diagnostic Devices for Resource-Poor Environments

 

 

8:30-9:00am

Robert A. Malkin, PhD, PE

 

Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

 

Director, Duke-Engineering World Health

 

Experiences from the Design and Delivery of Health Care Technologies to the Developing World

 

 

9:00-9:30am

Akin Abayomi, MBBS, MRCP, FCPath, MPhil

 

Consultant Haematologist, University of the West Indies

 

Director, Barbados HIV Flowcytometry and Molecular Biology Lab

 

Perspective on Technology Needs for Resource-Poor Countries: From Band-Aid Interventions to a Holistic Approach

 

 

9:45-10:15am

Doris J. Rouse, Ph.D.

 

Vice-President, Global Health Technologies, RTI International

 

Technology Development for the Developing World

 

Schiciano A & B

 

 

10:15-10:45am

Donald Marlowe

 

Senior Scientist and Agency Standards Coordinator, Office of Science and Health Coordination

 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

 

Negotiating the Minefields in Global Health Delivery

 

 

10:45-12 Noon

Panel Discussion and Summary