Biomedical Engineering for Global Health

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-87797-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1306 g

Reihe: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering

Can technology and innovation transform world health? Connecting undergraduate students with global problems, Rebecca Richards-Kortum examines the interplay between biomedical technology design and the medical, regulatory, economic, social and ethical issues surrounding global health. Driven by case studies, including cancer screening, imaging technologies, implantable devices and vaccines, students learn how the complexities and variation across the globe affect the design of devices and therapies. A wealth of learning features, including classroom activities, project assignments, homework problems and weblinks within the book and online, provide a full teaching package. For visionary general science and biomedical engineering courses, this book will inspire students to engage in solving global issues that face us all.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards-Kortum, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Medizinische Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Emerging medical technologies: high stakes science and the need for technology assessment; 2. Bioengineering and technology assessment; 3. Health & economic data: a global comparison; 4. World health and global health challenges; 5. Healthcare systems: a global comparison; 6. Healthcare costs vs. time: trends and drivers; 7. The evolution of technology: scientific method, engineering design, and translational research; 8. Prevention of infectious disease; 9. Ethics of clinical research; 10. Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer; 11. Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease; 12. Technologies for treatment of heart disease; 13. Clinical trial design and sample size calculation; 14. Technology diffusion; 15. Regulation of health care technologies; 16. Future of bioengineering and world health; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Richards-Kortum, Rebecca
Rebecca Richards-Kortum is the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University, where her research group is currently developing miniature microscopes and low-cost imaging systems to enable early detection of precancerous changes in living tissue. In collaboration with colleagues at Rice University and the Texas Medical Center, she has developed a four-year multi-disciplinary education and training program that promotes engineering and engineering technology on a global scale. Prior to working at Rice University, Dr Richards-Kortum was Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and received the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award. She has also received many other awards, including being named a Piper Professor for excellence in teaching by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation in 2004, and receiving the Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering (2004) and the Chester F. Carlson Award (2007) from the American Society for Engineering Education. In 2008, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.