BIOE 301 - Bioengineering and World Health

Kalatu Davies

E-mail: kdavies@stat.rice.edu

Department: Statistics

Research Area: Clinical trials, medical decision analysis

Lecture 20: Diffusion of technology
Lecture 21: Dietary supplements, FDA approval of drugs and devices

Jenni Greeson

E-mail: jgreeson@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Optical techniques for membrane and auditory proteins

Lecture 7: How are new technologies developed?

Gwendolyn Hoben

E-mail: gmbhoben@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Cartilage tissue engineering

Lecture 5: Who pays for healthcare?, The need for healthcare reform
Lecture 6: How have health care costs changed over time?What drives increases in health care costs?Health care reform in Oregon

Course Coordinator: David Javier

E-mail: david.j.javier@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Molecular imaging and diagnostics

Lecture 1: Course overview, Technology assessment, Intro to world health

Jair Martinez

E-mail: jair.martinez@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Optics, low-cost imaging devices, and cellular imaging

Lecture 12: Burden of cancer, how do cancers develop? Importance of early detection, Se/Sp
Lecture 13: Cervical cancer, New screening technologies

Amit Mistry

E-mail: amistry@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Biodegradable composites for bone tissue engineering

Lecture 8: Pathogens and the Immune System
Lecture 9: Vaccines, Impact on childhood diseases

Roman Natoli

E-mail: natoli@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Cartilage impact injuries

Lecture 22: Future of Bioengineering & World Health I
Lecture 23: Future of Bioengineering & World Health II

Nitin Nitin

E-mail: nitin.nitin@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Molecular imaging and diagnostics

Lecture 14: Prostate cancer, PSA screening, Skin cancer
Lecture 15: Ovarian cancer, Cost-effectiveness of screening, Lung cancer

Louise Organ

E-mail: lorgan@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering

Research Area: Membrane and auditory bioengineering

Lecture 2: Health problems in developed and developing world: ages 0-4

Geoff Preidis

E-mail: preidis@post.harvard.edu

Department: Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine (BCM)

Research Area: Microbiology

Lecture 3: Health problems in developed and developing world: ages 15-44
Lecture 4: Health problems in developed and developing world: ages 45-60;Global health challenges

Balaji Sitharaman

E-mail: balu@rice.edu

Department: Bioeengineering and Chemistry

Research Area: Tissue engineering, nanobiomaterials

Lecture 16: Burden of heart disease, Cardiovascular system, Heart attacks
Lecture 17: How do we treat coronary artery disease?

Jun Sun

E-mail: jsun@rice.edu

Department: Physics and Bioeengineering

Research Area: Autoimmunity, population genetics, statistical biophysics

Lecture 18: Heart failure
Lecture 19: Artificial heart, Clinical trials, Sample size calculation