Affiliation: DGHI Faculty

Robert A Malkin

Professor Malkin is interested in medical instrumentation in the developing world.

Dr. Malkin is also the director of Engineering World Health. This unique study abroad program allows undergraduates to study and work in developing world hospitals. Dr. Malkin is the faculty advisor for CUREs, a non-profit business promotion program.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  417 North Building
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5131
Email Address: send me a message

School(s):

Pratt School of Engineering
Department(s):

Biomedical Engineering
Topical Interests:

Drug Access
Geographical Interests:

Tanzania
Central America
Research Interests:

Professor Malkin's work on medical instrumentation in the developing world has been supported by Engineering World Health, The National Institutes of Health, The American Heart Association, The Whitaker Foundation, the National Science Foundation and other organizations.

Engineering World Health is a unique study abroad program that allows undergraduates to study and work in developing world hospitals. Dr. Malkin and his associates have helped hospitals in Sudan, Nigeria, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone and many other places. The CUREs program has continued to promote the development of new non-profit corporations to improve healthcare in the developing world.

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Malkin, Robert and Keane, Allison, Evidence-based approach to the maintenance of laboratory and medical equipment in resource-poor settings., Med Biol Eng Comput (May, 2010), ISSN 1741-0444 [20490939], [doi]  [abs]
  2. R.A. Malkin, V. Anand, Design and Testing of a Novel Phototherapy for the Developing World, IEEE EMB Magazine, vol. 29 no. 2 (2010), pp. 37-43
  3. Malkin, Robert A., Barriers for medical devices for the developing world., Expert Rev Med Devices, vol. 4 no. 6 (November, 2007), pp. 759--763, ISSN 1743-4440 [18035940], [doi]
  4. Malkin, Robert A., Technologies for clinically relevant physiological measurements in developing countries., Physiol Meas, vol. 28 no. 8 (August, 2007), pp. R57--R63, ISSN 0967-3334 [17664669], [doi]  [abs]
  5. Malkin, Robert A., Design of health care technologies for the developing world., Annu Rev Biomed Eng, vol. 9 (2007), pp. 567--587, ISSN 1523-9829 [17430083], [doi]  [abs]


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