by Jeannette | Oct 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
This program started five months ago with our mini orientation in Houston on June 1st. Since then I have spent ten weeks in Costa Rica interning and exploring the developing region’s healthcare system, three whirlwind days in Brazil primarily doing research for my...
by Jeannette | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
As a recap, my implementation project, the personal “mini-thesis” project that is the first of two large GMI program deliverables, involves Teledermatology in mobile travel clinics within Brazil. Earlier this week, Erica and I travelled to Brazil where, among a few...
by Jeannette | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Semester Blog: 1 The semester (and the year) have begun. My class load is reasonable all things considered: a Biostatistics class, a Bioengineering Professional Development class of sorts, and then the two classes related to the GMI program specifically. A brief...
by Jeannette | Aug 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Week 10 I’m back in Houston. This is my hope for this blog entry: Provide you reader with a true, succinct sense of my time in Costa Rica. The summer was broken into three fundamental parts: Research into potential projects for both the GMI team and future Rice...
by Jeannette | Aug 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Week 9: Internship Overview Part I There is only one week left of the internship and one week left in Costa Rica. For these last two blog entries (this weeks and next weeks), I want to talk about my internship and my projects. Perhaps, if you are reading this with an...
