GMI Student Blogs
Hola, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
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”...
Hospitals, Hospitals, and more Hospitals!!
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...
Week 2 Update – Aiman
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...
Thoughts on the Needs Finding Bootcamp
¿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 seen...
Howdy – Aiman here!
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 identify...
Costa Rica, Here We Come!!
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...
Hi, I’m Summan!
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...
Know more about me – Jade L.
Hi, my full name is Jade Chang-Yuan Lee, but I go by Jade [Jay-d]. I recently graduated from Purdue Universtiy with a degree in Multidisciplinary Engineering. I have thick black eyebrows, which are my most distinctive facial feature. In the past, I had two industrial...
Hasta luego, Costa Rica
Wow, I can't believe my summer in Costa Rica has come to a close. Time for my last update! On Monday, Pablo and I watched the implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator, which was very interesting. This device is similar to a pacemaker, but it stimulates the vagus nerve...
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