DtM Research Presentation at CIMIT Forum
On Tuesday May 05 from 4-6PM, Design that Matters and the CIMIT Global Health Initiative will present "Medical Devices in Global Health: Idea to Implementation, Successes and Challenges" at the CIMIT Forum.
AGENDA: The implementation of appropriate medical devices in poor countries has the potential to alter the health care system and reach those who are most in need. With the regulatory institutions in these countries often non-existent or immature, implementation of these devices pose a myriad of challenges and obstacles. An exploration of these road blocks is needed to ensure that once these medical devices are developed, they can be successfully deployed.
Dr. Steve Ringer from Brigham and Women's Hospital, who has extensive experience in health care delivery and medical devices in Vietnam, will moderate the forum. Dr. Kris Olson and Aya Caldwell from the CIMIT Global Health Initiative will discuss their findings with a tube and mask device in Indonesia. Timothy Prestero, CEO of Design that Matters, will present findings from market research in Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India. Students from MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing program and from the Harvard School of Public Health will present the results of their research into regulatory processes and distribution channels for medical devices in emerging markets.
The presentations will be followed by audience Q&A and networking.
EVENT DATE: Tuesday May 05, 4-6PM
LOCATION: CIMIT Forum, Richard B. Simches Research Center, Room 3110
185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA
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