Malkin, Robert

Robert Malkin

Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering and Global Health

Director, Duke-Engineering World Health

Pratt School of Engineering

Summary

Professor Malkin is interested in medical instrumentation in the developing world. Dr. Malkin is also the director Duke-Engineering World Health. This unique study abroad program allows undergraduates to study and work in developing world hospitals. Dr. Malkin is the faculty advisor for CUREs, a non-profit business promotion program. Malkin's invention, the Pratt Pouch, was selected by the World Health Organizations as one of the top ten "innovative health technologies for low-resource settings" in 2012.

Topics

Locations

Projects

Feasibility Study of a Low-Cost, Portable, Fiberoptic Nasolaryngoscope for Early Screening and Detection of Head and Neck Cancers in Vietnam

Recent Publications

Emmerling, D, Dahinten, A, & Malkin, RA. (2018, May). Problems with systems of medical equipment provision: an evaluation in Honduras, Rwanda and Cambodia identifies opportunities to strengthen healthcare systems. Health and Technology, 8 (1-2), 129-135.

Ploss, B, Douglas, TS, Glucksberg, M, Kaufmann, EE, Malkin, RA, McGrath, J, Mkandawire, T, Oden, M, Osuntoki, A, Rollins, A, Sienko, K, Ssekitoleko, RT, & Reichert, W. (2017, November). Part II: U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Educational Partnerships for Medical Device Design. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 45 (11), 2489-2493.

Dahinten, AP, Dow, DE, Cunningham, CK, Msuya, LJ, Mmbaga, BT, & Malkin, RA. (2016, September). Providing Safe and Effective Preventative Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to HIV-exposed Newborns via a Novel Drug Delivery System in Tanzania. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35 (9), 987-991.

Dahinten, AP, & Malkin, RA. (2016, January). The Pratt Pouch Provides a Three-Fold Access Increase to Antiretroviral Medication for Births outside Health Facilities in Southern Zambia. The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, 10, 12-18.

Choy, A, Ortiz, M, & Malkin, R. (2015, June). Accurate Dosing of Antiretrovirals at Home Using a Foilized, Polyethylene Pouch to Prevent the Transmission of HIV From Mother to Child. Medicine, 94 (25), e1030-.

Malkin, R, & Teninty, B. (2014, October 1). Medical imaging in the global public health: Donation, procurement, installation, and maintenance. 9781461406044, 33-39. (Chapter)

Emmerling, DA, Sridhara, R, & Malkin, RA. (2014, January 1). An open-source BMET library: Results on access and value.

Malkin, RA, & Whittle, C. (2014). Biomedical Equipment Technician Capacity Building Using a Unique Evidence-Based Curriculum Improves Healthcare. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 39 (1), 37-44.

Whittle, C, & Malkin, R. (2014). Capacity Building for Medical Equipment Technicians Improves Healthcare. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 39 (3), 142-147.

Malkin, R, & Beer, KVO. (2013). Diffusion of novel healthcare technologies to resource poor settings. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 41 (9), 1841-1850.

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Robert Malkin

Summary

Topics

Locations

Projects

Feasibility Study of a Low-Cost, Portable, Fiberoptic Nasolaryngoscope for Early Screening and Detection of Head and Neck Cancers in Vietnam

Duke-Engineering World Health

Curriculum for Training Technicians

On-Site Packaging of ARV Dosed for the Prevention of Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child

Global Public Service Academies

Recent Publications

The Pratt pouch

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