Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare
Medical practice is increasingly constrained by cost, and the development of new technologies has historically contributed to the cost of treating patients. To help address this problem, we are committed to creating cost-effective medical technologies for use in developed and developing countries. This theme influences all areas of UW BIOE research. Our work on global health includes both therapeutics and point-of-care diagnostic technologies, focusing mainly on microfluidic systems. Some examples of these projects include paper-based diagnostic test strips that can be read with a cellphone camera and Lab-on-a-chip technology.
Disciplines
- Global Health
- Point-of-Care Diagnostics
- Low-Cost Diagnostics & Therapeutics
- Microfluidics
Core Faculty
- Daniel T. Chiu
- Buddy Ratner
- Patrick Stayton
- Ruikang Wang
- Paul Yager
- Albert Folch
- Narendra Singh
- Eric Chudler
- Elain Fu
- James Lai
- Barry Lutz
- Daniel Ratner
- Kim Woodrow
