Duke Invention Makes WHO Top 10 List of Most Innovative Health Technologies
The World Health Organization has selected the Pratt Pouch as one of the top ten innovative health technologies of 2012 for use in low-resource settings around the world. Developed by Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and DGHI faculty member Robert Malkin, the Pratt Pouch helps stop the spread of disease from HIV-infected mothers to newborns. The innovative ketchup packet-like pouch has a pre-measured dose of antiretroviral medication that can be given to the newborn within the first 24 hours of life. When newborns receive antiretroviral drugs shortly after birth, their chances of contracting HIV are significantly decreased.
DGHI Awards Pilot Grants to Build Research Collaborations
The Duke Global Health Institute is pleased to announce new pilot funding for research in global cancer and environmental health to help build important global health research collaborations around the world. Nelson Chao received funding for a project on Burkitt's lymphoma in East Africa. Sandeep Dave has received a grant for a genomics study of diffuse large B cell lymphoma in India. William Pan has also received funding to study the impacts of mercury exposure on humans and the environment in Peru and Bolivia.
This Thursday Open House for Duke Master of Science in Global Health
This Thursday, DGHI will host an MSc-GH Open House for those interested in pursuing a learning more about education opportunities in global health. Space is filling up, so sign up now to attend.
This morning, Duke Global Health Institute hosted a lively online information session for prospective MSc-GH students in the US and around the world. It was the second webinar in a series of recruitment events for the class starting in fall 2013. Learn more about the MSc-GH and follow the blog.
MSc-GH student Alexis Gaines presented her thesis research at the Global Prostate Cancer Disparities Conference last week in the Bahamas. Her work suggests race plays a role in prostate cancer risk and disease severity.
