Faculty
Robert Malkin
(919) 660-5131
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
Projects
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
Emmerling, D., Sholar, P. W., & Malkin, R. A. (2018). A sustainability evaluation of a biomedical technician training program in Honduras. Health and Technology, 8(4), 291–300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-018-0241-7
Emmerling, D., Dahinten, A., & Malkin, R. A. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-017-0210-6
Ploss, B., Douglas, T. S., Glucksberg, M., Kaufmann, E. E., Malkin, R. A., McGrath, J., … Reichert, W. (2017). Part II: U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Educational Partnerships for Medical Device Design. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 45(11), 2489–2493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-017-1898-1
Dahinten, A. P., Dow, D. E., Cunningham, C. K., Msuya, L. J., Mmbaga, B. T., & Malkin, R. A. (2016). Providing Safe and Effective Preventative Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to HIV-exposed Newborns via a Novel Drug Delivery System in Tanzania. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 35(9), 987–991. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001224
Dahinten, A. P., & Malkin, R. A. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874120701610010012
Choy, A., Ortiz, M., & Malkin, R. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001030
Malkin, R., & Teninty, B. (2014). Medical imaging in the global public health: Donation, procurement, installation, and maintenance, 9781461406044, 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0604-4_6
Malkin, R. A., & Whittle, C. (2014). Biomedical equipment technician capacity building using a unique evidence-based curriculum improves healthcare. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 39(1), 37–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCE.0000000000000008
Whittle, C., & Malkin, R. (2014). Capacity building for medical equipment technicians improves healthcare. Journal of Clinical Engineering, 39(3), 142–147. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCE.0000000000000047
Emmerling, D. A., Sridhara, R., & Malkin, R. A. (2014). An open-source BMET library: Results on access and value. In Iet Conference Publications (Vol. 2014).
