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USG - Engineering
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Mission The Global Health Design Collaboration (GHDC) of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) of Cleveland, OH is a multi-level interdisciplinary organization that aims to integrate social science and engineering disciplines in the development of relevant, sustainable solutions to health concerns in Uganda. Specifically, GHDC seeks to utilize the theoretical perspectives and methodologies of sociocultural anthropology to identify local health concerns within an emic model, and then apply these factors as inputs to an engineering design process to produce culturally appropriate and sustainable solutions.
Membership BenefitsÔùÅ Engineer and prototype culturally relevant, sustainable solutions to healthcare problems in UgandaÔùÅ Foster a collaboration between CWRU and Makerere studentsÔùÅ Educate engineers on anthropologyÔùÅ Educate anthropologists on engineeringÔùÅ Combine different disciplines of thought to better approach global health problemsÔùÅ Help develop the biomedical engineering program at Makerere University (annual spring break trip to test prototypes/conduct needs finding in Uganda)ÔùÅ Successfully maintain engineering projects until full solutions have been implementedÔùÅ Have students from a variety of disciplines and degrees work together on the same projectsFor more info about the teams or joining GHDC, visit our linktree! (linktr.ee/ghdc_cwru)
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