The Design Health Program is a patient-centered initiative that uncovers critical healthcare needs and brings together teams from engineering, business, medicine, nursing, and other disciplines.
The Design Health Fellows Program is an application-only, three-semester program for currently enrolled graduate students. In the first semester, Design Health Fellows attend the Design Health Workshop on Wednesday nights (above) and also meet on Mondays from 10am to 1pm to participate in clinical immersion. In partnership with the School of Medicine and School of Nursing, Fellows gather data and insight into the clinical environment and use structured ethnography tools to identify unmet, underserved, and unarticulated needs. In the second semester, they generate concepts and build prototypes to create products that meet these needs. In the third and final semester, they consult with industry professionals to develop manufacturing, clinical, quality, legal, and financial strategies to commercialize their products. This program is limited to students in the BME Medtech Design Track/Certificate, and those that are selected through an application process (who in most cases will have completed Design Health Workshop). Enrolled students can receive credit for participation each semester through BME 773-775, I&E 720-722, HLTHMGMT 898, and/or INTERDISC 407C.