Brazil Week 5 One Project Down

This week we completed our first project. The project was a research project in collaboration with a startup medical device company named Unnawave. We helped them do research on different imaging spectrums that aim to detect skin cancer in primary care unit or within...

Third Week in Brazil – Project Selection

This week was all about selecting a project to help Hospital de Amor. However, after seeing the time we had left and all the amazing research projects we could not just pick one project. We decide that the most helpful thing we could do for the hospital was to pick...

Brazil Week 2 Research Projects

This week was filled with exploration of different research projects going on in the medical device industry. We were able to attend the HealthTECH Barretos Bootcamp. This was hosted in the IRCAD and is a place where multiple startups are developing products. A large...

My First Week in Brazil

This is my first time ever in Brazil and South America. For the next couple of months, I will be working with Hospital de Amor a top-of-the-line, world renown, Cancer Research Hospital. My responsibilities will include applying the needs finding skills that I...