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Robert A. Malkin, Professor of the Practice and Duke Global Health Institute and Director of Engineering World Health

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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:  201 North Building
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5131, (919) 660-8266
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  www.ewh.org


Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • BME 154L.001, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II
    Hudson 208, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • BME 154L.01L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II
    Teer P05, Tu 01:15 PM-04:15 PM
  • BME 154L.02L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II
    Teer P05, Tu 04:25 PM-07:25 PM
  • BME 262L.001, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD
    Hudson 222, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
  • BME 262L.01L, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD
    Teer P015, W 01:15 PM-04:15 PM

Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • BME 154L.001, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II Synopsis
  • BME 154L.01L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II
    Teer P07, Tu 01:15 PM-04:15 PM
  • BME 154L.02L, BIOMED ELECTRONIC MEAS II
    Teer P07, Tu 04:25 PM-07:25 PM
  • BME 262L.01, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD Synopsis
  • BME 262L.01L, DESIGN DEVELOPING WORLD
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Biomedical Engineering
Topical Interests:

Drug Access
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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.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Malkin, R.A. and Dongxu Guan and Wikswo, J.P., Experimental evidence of improved transthoracic defibrillation with electroporation-enhancing pulses, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 10 (2006), pp. 1901 - 10 [TBME.2006.881787]  [abs]
  2. Dolan, Jennifer M. and Testa, Diane Muratore and Malkin, Robert A., Design of a bilirubin light intensity tester for developing world hospitals, Bioengineering, Proceedings of the Northeast Conference, vol. 2006 (2006), pp. 47 - 48, Easton, PA, United States  [abs]
  3. Malkin, R.A. and Jackson, S.R. and Nguyen, J. and Zhao Yang and Dongxu Guan, Experimental verification of theoretical predictions concerning the optimum defibrillation waveform, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 8 (2006), pp. 1492 - 8 [TBME.2006.876643]  [abs]
  4. Malkin, R.A. and Jackson, S.R. and Nguyen, J. and Zhao Yang and Dongxu Guan, Reply to "On the optimal defibrillation waveform-how to reconcile theory and experiment?", IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (USA), vol. 53 no. 8 (2006), pp. 1726 - 7 [TBME.2006.878554]  [abs]
  5. Hoffmeister, B.K. and Shores, A.R. and Banerjee, S. and Malkin, R.A., Effect of electrically insulating materials on magnetically induced electrical currents in a tissue-like medium, Am. J. Phys. (USA), vol. 74 no. 4 (2006), pp. 260 - 6 [1.2151211]  [abs]