Gates grant to fund mobile phone-based detection tool for newborn jaundice
by Brenda Ellis | Posted on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 — 12:33 PM
A research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to test the ability of an adapted mobile phone to diagnose jaundice in newborns in developing countries.
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