by Korie | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s officially been the first week of the internship and there have already been so many exciting things! I have already traveled to Alajuela, San Ramon, and Central Sur to visit a wide variety of hospitals and clinics. The equipment I have seen and worked on:...
by Jade Lee | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
¡Pura Vida! Hi everyone, I started my RDI (Research, Development, Innovation) internship at Establishment Labs earlier this week. I’ve worked on bio-related research and medical devices projects at school in the past, but this is my first experience working at a...
by Korie | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! My name is Korie Rudin and I just recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors of Science in Biological Engineering. To continue my education, I will be obtaining my Masters in Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation. A few...
by Jade Lee | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Needs Finding Bootcamp + Medical Innovation Bootcamp ¿Todo bien? The first week in Costa Rica was incredibly eventful! While preparing for the two 3-day bootcamps, I found the article “Optical imaging for screening and early cancer diagnosis in low-resource settings”...
by JJ Tellez | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hola chicos y chicas! I hope everyone has been doing well. I have finally made my way to Costa Rica, and this week went through a very unique and memorable clinical needs finding boot camp! We first had a quick introduction to what clinical needs finding is and why it...
by Aiman | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hi and Welcome to week 2 of Costa Rica! This week, I had the opportunity to participate in the needs-finding bootcamp lead by Dr. Casey Howard. In this bootcamp, I was able to shadow a cardiologist, pediatric interventional cardiologist, ENT, and interventional...
by Summan Rahman | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
¿Qué tal amigos y amigas? Yesterday marked the end of the needs finding bootcamp hosted by Professor Casey Howard. I truly enjoyed this experience and cherished the opportunity to see medical devices in action. Even though I am a bioengineer, I hadn’t previously...
by Aiman | May 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hi! My name is Aiman and I just graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UT Dallas. I’m very interested in biomedical innovation and medical devices. So, I am very excited to be in Costa Rica this summer working alongside Dr. Sixto Bogantes to...
by JJ Tellez | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone, my name is JJ Tellez and I am a current student in the Rice Global Medical Innovation Masters Program. I recently graduated from Rice University this past month with a degree in bioengineering and a minor in global health technologies. I am from...
by Summan Rahman | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hi 😊 My name is Summan. I just graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) with my B.S. Biomedical Engineering in Spring 24’ 🎓. I am currently matriculating into Rice University’s Global Medical Innovation (GMI) Program beginning this Summer. Some facts...
