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Public Health Trends
Past World Tech Chats
April 11, 2024 - 2024 Public Health Challenge Winners
February 22, 2024 - Challenges & Opportunities in Public Health (Central
Asia and Africa)
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Thursday, April 11 - 11 AM, East Coast US, 5 PM Egypt & South Africa and 11 pm Malaysia
(Registration closed, go to https://meet.google.com/fei-vsgr-fnm to enjoy the program)
2024 Public Health Challenge Winners:
This year's winners:
First Place: Christopher DeLuca, and Jullia McGregor, Master's Candidates, Global Health Systems, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada - Seeds for Change: Harnessing the Purification Power of Moringa Seeds to Improve Water Quality in the Gweri Sub-county of Uganda
Second Place: Abby Blocker, PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa - User-centered design of a virtual clinic system for primary healthcare in remote, rural, and underserved areas.
Third Place: Sara Emad, 5th Year Medical Student, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt - NILE addresses Egypt's diabetes epidemic through lifestyle modification and optimized management.
Director's Discretionary Award: Tan Fuen Ann, Masters Candidate, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia - Assessing the cardioprotective potential of stingless bee honey from Sabah through in vitro evaluation.
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