Research Interests for Robert A Malkin

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. The DHT-Lab runs educational programs such as the EWH Summer Institute and formal classes and provides research and product development opportunities for undergraduates interested in developing world healthcare technology.

Engineering World Health Summer Institute 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. If you came to this site looking for high school programs, consider visiting the Global Public Service Academies a non-Duke program run by Dr. Malkin.

Keywords:

Medical Equipment, Developing World, Global Health

Current projects:

Prevention of Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child

Training of Biomedical Engineering Technician Assistants for Resource Poor Setting

Areas of Interest:

Medical equipment in the developing world

Representative 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]