GMI Student Blogs

Hi everyone! I'm alive and well in Nairobi. I'm currently working on my 4th week at Medevice, and I am still having a super enjoyable, informative, and meaningful time! This past week, I was able to join Casey and the ISEED and Rice 360 students, as well as the Kenyan...

Hey everyone, it was an adventure filled week here in Costa Rica as I finished my last finals of undergrad and explored San Jose with the 3 other GMI students (Apple, Rei, and Alex) over the weekend. Being on a quarter system, finals for my undergraduate program at...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! The previous week in Kenya has been very busy for me because my schedule was jam packed with clinical observations at local hospitals, group meetings, and delicious dining experiences. For the clinical observations, I met up...

Hello hello! I can't believe its already been a few weeks into this summer program. This will be my third week doing observations at Hospital Nacional de Niños with Dr. Bogantes, and I think I've settled into a pretty good routine. I wake up around 6:00 and leave with...

Welcome back! Week 2 at Niños has wrapped up and we are still doing clinical observations, but with a bit more focus. We spent the week narrowing down what our summer project will be, but more on that later. We are still being flys on the wall, but this week the flies...

Another week of rain and sunshine in Costa Rica flew by. This week, we are starting to get into more of a routine. We now know exactly which office to go to every morning, what each consultation room does in the pediatric neurology wing, and even which grocery stores...

Hi y'all! I can't believe I've already been in Kenya for almost 4 weeks – time flies when you're busy and having fun! This week, I have continued researching components for my Medevice project and have started simulating circuits using software. I've learned that...

This week has been a very eventful week, to say the least. The week began with a 2-day HealthTech boot camp. While the first day primarily focused on the history and overall mission of the hospital, the second day delved more into the projects being developed by...

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...