News Archive

2015

" Tar Heel of the Week: Duke engineer turns mind to global health problems " The News & Observer , 14 Mar. 2015 (Web)

" Robert Malkin: MacGyvering Medical Gear " IEEE Spectrum , 1 Mar. 2015 (Web)

" Out-of-service Medical Equipment a Significant Hurdle for Quality Health Care in Africa " Philips Healthcare , 1 Feb. 2015 (Web)

2014

" Duke Engineering TALKS: Robert Malkin, PhD " Duke University Pratt School of Engineering , 24 Oct. 2014 (Video)

" Engineers strut their global stuff " Science Careers , 11 Sept. 2014 (Web)

" DHTLab recognized as top 30 innovator nationally for global development by U.S. Global Leadership Coalition " U.S. Global Leadership Coalition , 16 July 2014 (Web)

" Zambia Could Be First Country to Distribute Pratt Pouch Nationally "   Intrahealth.org, 1 July 2014 (Web)

" Duke team brings life-saving function to ketchup packets " News Observer, 27 June 2014 (Web)

" Duke students create pouch to help deliver HIV drugs to infants " WRAL , 24 June 2014 (Web)

" The MacGyver Cure for Cancer ." NY Times , 23 May 2014 (Web)

" GE Foundation, Duke University World Healthcare Tech Lab, and Engineering World Health Establish Biomedical Equipment Training Program in Nigeria to Build Skills and Improve Capacity " The Wall Street Journal , 7 May 2014 (Web)

" Pratt Pouch Video Wins CUGH's Global Health Video Competition in Innovation ." Consortium of Universities for Global Health , 1 May 2014 (Web)

" In Switch, Development Agency Welcomes Business and Technology to Poverty Fight. " NYTimes.com , 7 Apr. 2014 (Web)

" Y Combinator for the World? How USAID lab plans to fight poverty ." CNet.com , 3 Apr. 2014 (Web)

" USAID Is Getting It Own DARPA-Like Innovation Lab to Solve Global Challenges ." Fast Company , 3 Apr. 2014 (Web)

2013

" Mind the Gap Year ." sciencemag.org, 13 Dec. 2013 (Web)

" Crowd-sourcing Development Innovation. " theguardian.com , 6 Dec. 2013 (Web)

" GE Foundation Expands Commitment to Increasing Access to Health Care in Honduras ." heraldonline.com , 12 Nov. 2013 (Web)

" Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Award Nominees for Innovative Solutions to Prevent Infant/Maternal Deaths ." Saving Lives at Birth , 31 Jul. 2013 (Web)

" Using the McDonald's Ketchup Pouch Model to Deliver HIV Drugs in the Developing World ." Fast Company , 21 Aug. 2013 (Web)

" From Duke, HIV Prevention in a Pouch ." devex , 19 Aug. 2013 (Web)

" Making Summer Matter: Improving Health Care Through Engineering World Health ." Duke   Pratt School of Engineering , 30 Jul. 2013 (Web)

" First Human Use of Pratt Pouch ." Duke Sead , 24 Jun. 2013 (Web)

" Medical Equipment Donated to Developing Nations Usually Ends Up on the Junk Heap ." Scientific American , 6 May. 2013 (Web)

" Health Catalog: Pratt Pouch ." USAID The Catalog v1.0 , 2013 (Article, p. 16)

2012

" Engineering World Health: Q&A with Robert Malkin ." Duke Chronicle , 27 Nov. 2012 (Web)

" Pratt Pouch named on of top 10 innovations in global healthcare of 2012 by WHO. " WHO , 2012

" Schindler Joins Clinton with 'Promising' Global Initiative ."  Duke Chronicle , 7 Jun. 2012 (Web)

" Clinton Initiative Launches Student Entrepreneurs ." Bloomberg Businessweek , 30 Mar. 2012 (Web)

" Engineering World health's Work in Developing World Hospitals ." Scope , Mar. 2012 (Article, p. 12-15)

" Helping Rwanda: Improving Health One Machine at a Time. " DHT Lab , 2012 (Web)

2011

" Celebrate Solutions: Fixing What’s Broken, Education for Medical Equipment Technicians ." Woemen Deliver , 5 Dec. 2011 (Web)

" North Carolina: pouch Offers Hopfe for Third World ." The Body, 8 Nov. 2011 (Web)

" Duke U. Research Team Receives Grant for HIV Treatment Pouch ." UWire , 6 Sept. 2011 (Web)

" Novel Approach Tests Mother-to-Newborn HIV Spread Prevention ."  Duke Pratt School of Engineering , 23 Aug 2011 (Web)

" Five Maternal Health Innovations That Could Save Lives ." PBS.org , 1 Aug. 2011 (Web)

" International Aid: Millions Awarded For Innovations To Save Lives Of Mothers And Children At Birth ." ABC News, 29 Jul. 2011 (Web)

2010

" Teaching People to Fish Through Biomedical Engineering ." IEEEXplore, Sept./OCt. 2010 (Article p. 28-33)

" Fighting AIDS ." Time Lists , 10 Jun. 201 (Web)

" Small Drug Pouch May Offer New Tool to Protect Newborns From HIV ." VOA News,  23 May. 2010 (Web)

" Novel Pouch Could Reduce Mother-to-Infant HIV Infection ."  ScienceDaily , 14 May. 2010 (Web)

" Engineering Students Find Solutions to Challenges: Make Lasting Impact on World Health ." Duke Global Health Institute 2010 Director's Report , 2010 (Article, p. 18)

2009

" Apply Now to Study International Health Careers ." NCStem, 4 Nov. 2009 (Blog)

" On a Mission ." 24x7 , Sept. 2009 (Web)

" Engineers Bring Better Health to Rural Communities " IIP Digital , 6 Aug. 2009 (Web)

" Engineering Health Solutions Where They're Needed Most ." DukEng , 2009 (Magazine)

2008

" Looking Under the Hood and Seeing an Incubator ." The New York Times , 15 Dec. 2008 (Web)

" Living on $2 a Day ." Duke  Pratt School of Engineering , 25 Mar. 2008 (Web)

" Ideas Don't Have to Cost an Arm and a Leg ." The Independent , 13 Dec. 2006 (Newspaper)

" To the Rescue ." ASEE Prism,  Mar. 2006 (Web)

" Buisnesses That Profit the World ." BuisnessWeek, 11 Oct. 2005 (Web)