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Medical Diagnostic for Childhood Pneumonia in India: Sara Dolcetti, G
Sara Dolcetti (G, Master of Science &  Master of Business Administration) is in India, accelerating the development of a low-cost mobile phone-based thermal imaging device to screen for pneumonia, the leading cause…
(SUMMER 2014) Lauren Seelbach, G
Lauren Seelbach (G, Technology and Policy Program) Lauren spent this summer interning at both the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C. She was able to…
(IAP ’14) Zech Lung, G
Zech Lung (G, Management, zech@mit.edu) Zech researched smallholder rice farming in the Philippines over IAP and tried to answer two questions: first, why are these farmers poor? And second, what strategies…
Protected: Community Partner Spotlight: City of Miami Beach
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(Summer 2014) GlobeMed
Emma Broderick (’14, Chemical Engineering)  Alicia T. Singham Goodwin (’14, Math and Women’s & Gender Studies)  Kristen Finney (’16, Chemical Engineering) Emma, Kristen and Alicia spent this summer empowering Community Health…
(Summer ’13) Rafa Rahman
About Me Hi! I’m Rafa Rahman, a rising sophomore at MIT, in the Biological Engineering Department. This summer, I’m diving into my interest in global health and associated technologies through…
(Summer ’13) Maria Cassidy, ’14
Maria spent the summer in New Mexico interning at San Andres High School, now Rio Grande Preparatory Institute, an alternative high school that sees less than 30% of its students graduate…
(IAP ’14) John Maher,G
John was awarded funding over IAP 2014 to continue building upon the work he completed over Summer 2013.  John traveled to rural Ghana to build toilets for Gbalahi Village, which…
(Summer ’13) John Tebes, ’14
John was in Arusha, Tanzania, for the summer to scale-up the technological workshops of Bernard Kiwia, the co-founder and chief inventor of a community innovation center called Accelerating Innovation and Social…
(Summer ’13) Emily Williamson, G
Emily spent the summer in Cape Coast, Ghana. She worked with the Zongo, a small minority Islamic settlement, to create a long-term community-based strategy for new water systems through processes of…