Supportive backing
As part of a growing partnership between the Duke and Makerere BME departments [23], a transcontinental design course was offered in Spring 2016 that allowed students from both universities to work collaboratively on a design project. The Makerere students identified a health challenge in Uganda, and together the students from both universities designed a biomedical device to address the need.


Partners in Kampala, Uganda
• Dr. Paul Kiondo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Mrs. Ruth, Immunology Lab Makerere University
• Dr. James Njuguna, Astel Diagnostics Kampala
Partners in Durham, NC, USA
• Dr. Ashini Fernando, FHI 360
• Dr. Jason Kim, BioMedomics



Big Ideas Mentor
Dr. Richard Lowe, The Clorox Company