IRB Approval, Yellow Fever

Early in March I met with a woman named Stephanie about Rice IRB approval for Josh’s and my upcoming clinical trial in April. IRB stands for Institutional Review Board, and this board of people gives permission to conduct different experiments associated with...
Sprinting, Pivoting, and Birthday Wishing

Sprinting, Pivoting, and Birthday Wishing

February has been full of sprints, design projects, keeping up with 2 course electives (Medical Human Factors, Strategic Problem Solving), and job interviewing. Sprints are great- you get to help other people work on their projects when your personal project is held...
There’s never a dull day in GMI…

There’s never a dull day in GMI…

After nearly a full month of winter break, I’m ready to bring my projects back up to speed. Josh, Dr. Richardson and I were invited to present our work in telemedicine at MD Anderson on January 19. I spent the majority of the week prior working on the presentation and...

Perfecting the Art of GMI Juggling

Hello- I wanted to write up a quick overview of the month of November before finals week begins! In the past 30 days I’ve split my time between my Teledermatology implementation project, a heart biopsy project, compiling a list of 100 needs, and exploring different...
Groovy Sharks, Electric Mustaches

Groovy Sharks, Electric Mustaches

Did that title get your attention? Good! I got it off a random word generator. As I’m sitting on my couch writing this blog, I’ve had a lot to reminisce about the month of October. I went to Brazil and met the doctors and nurses who will be using my app, and received...