The Point of Care and the Developing World

Abstract

This talk will describe bioanalytical/medical methods designed for use in resource-limited environments, for public health, at the point of care, and in related applications in food and water safe, forensics, and others. These methods include paper diagnostics, electrochemical methods, and cell-phone based methods. The talk will also ask what strategies in academic research will be most successful in translating results from university bench science into real solutions to problems in health in the hands of users, and who else must be involved in this translation.