GMI Student Blogs

Week one of being in Costa Rica is complete!! This week, we had the Medical Innovation Bootcamp (which was pretty intense) at UCIMED. As we head to UCIMED on the first day, I was excited to interact with the Costa Rican students and learn more about device...

Overview of the Week This week, we completed a Medical Innovation Bootcamp at la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED). Over the course of four days, we heard several lectures and worked on groups on various projects, culminating with a final poster presentation....

¡Hola a todos! This week’s blog post will be about the Medical Innovation Bootcamp that GMI students, Rice undergrads, and Costa Rican university students attended this week. This bootcamp took place at UCIMED, which is the oldest private medical school in Costa Rica....

This week, we went to UCIMED and immersed with other Costa Rican engineering students through a BioDesign Medical Innovation Bootcamp. The UCIMED campus was very pretty; it was located on a hilly terrain and you could see the mountains across the road from UCIMED. As...

Another week done and another experience had! Tuesday through Friday this week has been spent at UCIMED (Universidad de Ciencias Medicas) in San Jose participating in the Medical Innovation bootcamp (photo alert!). I was not sure what to expect going into this week...

Hello! My name is Jhalak Mehta and this is the beginning of my blog posts about my time in Costa Rica for the GMI program. I am from Chicago and recently graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering. The month...

Day Zero: Arrival in Costa Rica Wow, it's hard to believe my third full day in Costa Rica is coming to a close on top of the disbelief that I'm actually here! After a quick orientation in Houston Thursday and Friday, our group of eight boarded a short 3.5hr flight to...

We hit the ground running Thursday, when our group of eight made our way to the GMI space at the Bioscience Research Collaborative in Houston. With a brief orientation, we were off to Costa Rica the following day. Arriving in San Jose we breezed through customs,...

¡Hola a todos! This is my first blog post while abroad in Costa Rica for my Master's of Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation (GMI) at Rice. I'll be using this blog to keep track of my experiences and thoughts while on this exciting trip. I thought it would be...