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2019, Honorable Mention
Makerere University
TyphGen; A Better Point Of Care Diagnostic For Typhoid Fever
2019, Honorable Mention
UC Irvine
Carenea: Redefining the Storage of Cornea Transplants
2019, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Solving the Arsenic Problem in Rural California
2019, 1st Place
UC San Diego
ReEMS: Revolutionized Emergency Medical Services
2019, 1st Place
Makerere University
Cloud-based Emergency Response System
2018, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley
Opi-Aid: A Diagnostic for Better Opioid Screening
2018, Honorable Mention
Makerere University
Coordinated Emergency Response System
2018, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley
ALPS: Accelerated Lead Pipe Scale-buildup
2018, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Forget Me Not
2018, 3rd Place
Makerere University
Ecosmart pads
2018, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
SurgeCare
2018, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Loo Lab
2018, 1st Place
Makerere University
Lumenda
2017, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley
HopeAssist (UC Berkeley)
2017, Honorable Mention
Makerere University
The First Aid Post-Partum Haemorrage Belt (Makerere University)
2017, 3rd Place
Makerere University
mDex – Your Smart Sickle Cell Diagnostic Tool (Makerere University)
2017, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
KNO2 Sensor: A Wearable Device for Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Low and Middle Resource Settings (UC Berkeley)
2017, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Vitalize (UC Berkeley)
2017, 2nd Place
Global Health
MedServe (Duke University)
2017, 1st Place
Makerere University
Point-of-Care Early Diagnostic Test for Preeclampsia (Duke University, Makerere University)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Davis
LiquidGoldConcept: Breast Massage Knowledge Bank (UC Davis)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Santa Barbara
SkinIQ: Precision Diagnostics of Melanoma w/ Mobile Imaging & Deep Learning (UC Santa Barbara)
2016, 3rd Place
Makerere University
PedalTap: Modifying the Water Tap System to Create a No Touch Cost Effective Solution in Developing Countries (Makerere University)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
SHRI Community Sanitation Facilities (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
FloGlow: Low Cost Spirometer (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC San Diego
VIRA: A Low-Cost HIV Viral Load Quantification System (UC San Diego)
2016, 1st Place
UC San Diego
Open Viral Load (UC San Diego)
2015, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Hombres Verdaderos (UC Berkeley)
2015, 2nd Place
Makerere University
MAMA-OPE (Makerere University)
2015, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Visualize: Saving Lives with Training for Cervical Cancer Screening (UC Berkeley)
2015, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
A Novel Approach to Remediate Groundwater Fluoride Contamination in Nalgonda, India (UC Berkeley)
2015, Honorable Mention
Global Health
Keti Klaba: A Safe Place for Girls (College of William and Mary)
2015, 1st Place
UC Davis
Clean Water For Crops: As Simple as Sand and Seeds (UC Davis)
2015, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley
Project Drsti: A Sustainable Method for Alleviating Vitamin A Deficiency (UC Berkeley)
2013, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
India Smiles (UC Berkeley)
2013, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Emmunify (UC Berkeley)
2013, 2nd Place
UC Davis
Que Viva La Mujer: Knights Landing Community Maternal Health Program (UC Davis)
2008
Global Health
Modular Riboswitch Diagnostics
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Haath Mein Sehat (UC Berkeley)
2012, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Portable, Affordable, and Accurate Means of Assessing Hemoglobin Levels in Resource-Poor Settings (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
The State of Ear Health and Rise of Tympanocentesis (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Vietnam Tooth Project (UC Berkeley)
2011, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley
A Healthy Smile (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Nuestra Agua Safe Water Social Franchise (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Power for Water (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Developing a Portable Method to Predict Dengue Virus Infection (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Power for Water (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Nuestra Agua (UC Berkeley)
2009, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Magneto-Optic Technology Hits The Field: A pilot program to implement a new malaria diagnostic device in Southern Benin (UC Berkeley)
2009, 1st Place
UC Berkeley
Medical Smart Card System for Patient Record Management (UC Berkeley)
2009, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Evaluation of a simple point-of-care rapid test for detecting Trichomonas vaginalis in Mysore, India (UC Berkeley)
2009, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley
Examining levels of estriol and seroprevalence of Hepatitis E virus during pregnancy in India (UC Berkeley)
2009, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Long-term impacts of early childhood de-worming (UC Berkeley)
2009, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley
Development of a simple prognostic test for rheumatic heart disease (UC Berkeley)
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Global Health
A point-of-care malaria drug resistance assay (UC Berkeley)
2006
Maternal & Child Health
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2006
Global Health
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