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11/11/09
A Nov. 6 Workshop attendee discusses her experience  as well as global health technologies developed by BTB students.

10/29/09
Life-saving technologies featured at Nov. 6 workshop: International experts to share health care design successes at Rice.

08/20/09
BTB graduate, Sophie Kim, reflects upon how her BTB internship experience in Lesotho opened her eyes to the world.

Upcoming Events

 

February 22nd
Clinton Global Initiative
CGI University
Application Deadline!

March 15th and 16th
National Institutes of Health
3rd Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
Bethesda, Maryland

Thursday, April 8th
6:00pm
BTB and Rice 360
Nicholas Kristof
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

April 16th and 17th
Clinton Global Initiative
CGI University
Univeristy of Miami
Miami, Florida

April 17th and 18th
Unite for Sight
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
 

 This initiative is made possible by
  a grant  to Rice University from the 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
through the Undergraduate Science Education Program.









An initiative for the advancement of appropriate,
high-value innovations in global health biotechnology

2010 APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE!!!

International Summer Internships
for Undergraduates

Interested in spending 8 weeks this summer implementing healthcare technologies, created through BTB GLHT courses, in developing countries around the globe?


Stephen, Stacey and Andrea visit remote communities with the Lab-in-a-Backpack in Ecuador

 

Global Futures Fellowships
for Graduating Seniors

BTB is pleased to announce the Global Futures Fellowship program. The 10month fellowship is designed for graduating seniors in bioengineering and the biosciences who are interested in pursuing graduate school, but wish to first pursue an international research experience.

Global Futures Fellows will become members of an interdisciplinary, international research team working to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a suite of global health technologies to meet a focused need in the developing world. Fellowship sites include Haiti, Lesotho, Malawi, Ecuador, Guatemala, & Botswana.

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Go to the  International Fellowships page for program overviews & information on how to become a BTB International Summer Intern or an inaugural Global Futures Fellow!

FOCUS ON...
SAVE THE DATE! 
 


 

 
Bioengineering & World Health
Professional Development Workshop

This June, BTB will hold its 5th annual Professional Development Workshop - a 4 week training program on the essentials necessary to teach Bioengineering and World Health - growing the network of Houston-area educators preparing high school students to make a positive impact on global health through bioengineering.

 

 

CALL for Global Health Challenge Design & Research Projects

Contribute your ideas to the BTB portfolio of global health technology design and research projects!

 

A baby receiving UV treatment from a
student-designed phototherapy device.

 

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