Still Looking for an internship for winter term? Interested in Health Technologies? The Global Health Initiative has extended the deadline
for the Little Devices Lab internship at MIT!
The Little Devices Lab based at MIT develops empowerment technologies for health. They are currently
seeking interns to work on any of the following three projects during 14W!
1) Designing maker spaces to promote nurses as inventors of innovative solutions in medical technology. Funded by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, the Little Devices Lab is working with nurses across the country to understand, adapt and build toolsets for "maker nurses" in the US. This approach is derived from the Little Devices Lab approach to working with partners in developing
countries to identify and develop solutions for healthcare settings and encourage and empower hospital staff to create their own solutions. Students with background in anthropology, sociology, geography, engineering are strongly encouraged to apply.
The student selected for this internship will have the opportunity to shadow hospital staff at several national and regional hospitals and will travel domestically with faculty mentors to understand and implement maker spaces at several hospitals.
2) Diagnostic Tests. The Little Devices Lab has developed several remote diagnostic kits for use in developed and resource-limited
settings. The selected intern will work on evaluating assays, perform antibody screening, and the design and fabrication of paper microfluidic tests for infectious diseases. Students interested in working on this project should
have a strong biology and/or chemistry background.
3) Solarclave. With a pressure vessel, a pop up reflector including Little Devices Lab researchers have invented a device that uses sunshine to sterilize surgical tools. Solarclave provides reliable surgical
sterilization for rural clinics outside of the grid – enabling healthcare workers to provide basic, life-saving services for patients. It uses locally-available materials and manufacturing techniques that are already available in thousands of rural workshops
across the world. Its thermodynamic efficiency allows for a small size that is easily transportable to remote clinics and is simple for one healthcare worker to set up. The student working on this project will assist in design enhancements including fine-tuning
the user interface, co-design a sun tracker and a help design field experiments for a Central American roll out of the technology. Students interested in this project should have strong mechanical engineering skills.
Please apply online, then submit an electronic transcript and personal statement to [log in to unmask] by Wednesday, October 30 at noon.
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