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UMBC’s Christopher Slaughter, engineering student with health equity focus, wins prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Mar 2, 2023 / 6 min read

Christopher Slaughter ’23, M31 computer engineering, has won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue graduate work at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom next fall. “He exemplifies UMBC’s values and the Gates Cambridge vision of preparing leaders who demonstrate not only academic excellence, but also a deep commitment to improving the lives of others,” says UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby. Continue Reading UMBC’s Christopher Slaughter, engineering student with health equity focus, wins prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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UMBC and UMSOM work to more effectively reverse opioid overdose in real time through $500,000+ NIH award

Jan 11, 2023 / 5 min read

In response to the rising opioid epidemic, UMBC researchers have partnered with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) to develop a device that could help prevent opioid overdose deaths: a non-invasive CO2 monitor to more effectively detect and reverse an opioid overdose in real time. It was recently awarded a one-year, $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.  Continue Reading UMBC and UMSOM work to more effectively reverse opioid overdose in real time through $500,000+ NIH award

Low-cost infant incubator developed at UMBC completes successful clinical trial in India

Feb 12, 2022 / 5 min read

A standard incubator found in a newborn ICU costs between $1,500 and $35,000—beyond the means of many hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. This new UMBC-designed incubator costs only $200 and has performed on par with a standard incubator in its first clinical trial. Continue Reading Low-cost infant incubator developed at UMBC completes successful clinical trial in India

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Urgent Care

Feb 9, 2022 / 13 min read

UMBC researchers are tackling disparities related to healthcare and changing the way people around the world access health technologies. Continue Reading Urgent Care

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Class project to clinical trials: UMBC’s affordable infant incubator wins Global Health Research Award

Feb 12, 2022 / 4 min read

Govind Rao and his students have developed a cardboard incubator to support premature babies in communities with limited resources, and in remote areas that do not have access to medical facilities. The inexpensive, easily constructed devices are poised to make a major impact. Continue Reading Class project to clinical trials: UMBC’s affordable infant incubator wins Global Health Research Award

 

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