Salud, Igual para Todos (Health, Equal for All)
The Health, Equal for All team works to achieve equal health care for all citizens in Chile regardless of background, ability to pay, preexisting diseases, sex, age, location, etc. This group is seeking to create resources that can be used to advance policy reform with the goal of aligning policy with ethical principles. This team … Continue reading “Salud, Igual para Todos (Health, Equal for All)”
- Team Members: Maria Soledad Martinez-Gutierrez, Bernardo D. Martorell-Guerra, Giorgio Jackson, Rodrigo Chávez, Pamela Eguiguren
- Art & Social Change, Creative Expression for Social Justice
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
Youth Leadership Now
The Youth Leadership Now Program (YLN) is a community-oriented model, led by youth who have grown up in West Oakland and wish to inspire younger generations by sharing their experiences. The goal is to help younger generations rise above the constraints of their communities or current situations through a one-year project, Looking Through Our Lens, … Continue reading “Youth Leadership Now”
- Team Members: Diana Pascual Alonzo, Tyrese Johnson, Dominique Pate
- Art & Social Change, Creative Expression for Social Justice
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
TxtWorker
The TxtWorker team works to increase low wage workers ability to access information about social services in their community, through a mobile support project. TxtWorker is a text based bulletin that sends accurate and targeted information about social services in the area directly to a mobile phone.
- Team Members: Eduardo Axtle, Amber Abdulla, Linette Jimenez Vallejo
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
The Pika Pen
Handwriting can be especially difficult for Children with disabilities such as autism, hypotonic cerebral palsy (HCP), and sensory integration disorder (SID). Through interviews with four independent occupational therapists (OT’s), The Pika Pen team has identified three indicators of poor handwriting technique in children with disabilities: improper pen tip force, grip pressure, and pen inclination angle. … Continue reading “The Pika Pen”
- Team Members: Evan Chang-Siu, Raechel Tan, Wenjie Chen, Jonathan Beard, Matthew Brown, Dominick Lim
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
Pathologicode
Diabetes mellitus affects over 285 million people worldwide, and the number of people living with it grows at an annual rate of 2.3%. Pathologicode introduces innovative application and computer vision technologies to detect microangiopathy associated with prediabetes in individuals. This non-invasive, in- vivo procedure will provide healthcare professionals with detailed information on overall systemic health … Continue reading “Pathologicode”
- Team Members: Wilson To, Julie Olden, Jason Wakizaka, Den Delimarsky, Crystal Tse, Tristan Gibeau
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Davis
- 2012
Bare Abundance
Studies demonstrate a strong correlation between overall scarcity of nutritious food in low-income communities and high obesity rates and other health-related problems. BareAbundance strives to reduce the amount of waste generated from excess food by utilizing this excess in nourishment for the marginalized children in West Oakland. The team aims to combat this marginalization by … Continue reading “Bare Abundance”
- Team Members: Komal Ahmad, Jacquelyn Hoffman, Karen Chen, Jaynie Loeb, Brian Park, Chloe Tsang, Jaynie Loeb, Jannika Sjostrand, Natalie Goldberg, Ali Bonar, Semra Sehic
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
Vietnam Tooth Project: The Children’s Oral Health and Nutrition Project in Vietnam
The Children’s Oral Health and Nutrition Project in Vietnam aims to contribute solutions to two global health epidemics– childhood tooth decay and malnutrition. The project’s intervention is a set of cost-effective preventive measures. It includes free dental supplies (toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss) for all study children and family members, application of fluoride varnish to children’s teeth … Continue reading “Vietnam Tooth Project: The Children’s Oral Health and Nutrition Project in Vietnam”
- Team Members: Tuyen Nguyen, Michelle Ta, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, Susan L. Ivey, Alex Vu, Jamesuel Nguyen, Long Pham , Thu Nguyen, Phuong Vu, Nhat-Thanh Nguyen
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
A Healthy Smile
On any given night Berkeley has between 1,000-2,000 people sleeping on the streets. These individuals contend with a myriad of medical and psychiatric issues, but one problem that is often overlooked is oral health. A Healthy Smile at the Suitcase Clinic Dental Section provides free comprehensive restorative dental care in the form of dentures, stay-plates, … Continue reading “A Healthy Smile”
- Team Members: James Turley, Charlie Shi, Shalini Eragodam, Leanne Fan, Melissa Lin, Stacy Kim, Daniel Nam
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2012
Acopio
Information latency profoundly limits agricultural cooperatives’ ability to conduct business and access financing – an avoidable problem with serious consequences for rural farmers in the developing world. Acopio is a nascent social venture offering information systems that enable farmer-owned cooperatives to better manage the data that is vital to managing their operations, accessing financing, and … Continue reading “Acopio”
- Team Members: Ariel Chait, Iris Shim, Paul Goodman
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2012