Every year I receive requests to write recommendation letters. I’ve come to realize that we never talk about how to make a recommendation effective for your aim to pursue, graduate school, medical programs, and or work in the industry. It is essential that we write “strong” recommendation letters. Therefore, here are some tips: Strong letters […]
Since I moved to the Northern Hemisphere, in Fall of 2020, I am co-teaching “The Design Teams” 8-course program at The Johns Hopkins University, BME Department. Based on my research and previous work, I am bringing in the anthro-design component to develop more respectful solutions in healthcare. The Design Teams Course suite looks to understand […]
Our multidisciplinary team Simulmedic (which involves Fernando Altermatt MD, Gonzalo Gho, Mechanical Engineer and me as a designer – plus a young team of designers and engineers) has been advancing on the development of our peripheral venous puncture simulator. Testing has been key for the device to shape, reshape and adapt our device putting the […]
April 2017 – I applied to the “Young Researchers Award 2016 Contest” (Concurso para Investigadores Jóvenes 2016) from Fundación Copec UC. I got awarded for the project Instrument with objective measures for an autonomous training. With this grant, our team Simulmedic will be able to package part of our technology and ensure the development of our MVP. The […]
Happily, I was invited to Universidad de Concepción to give a workshop on how to instruct R&D and research in undergraduate students. The workshop was attended by medical doctors, nurses, obstetricians and other professionals (and professors) of biomedical and basic sciences. I centered the conversation in what we do at the DILAB and our major in […]
Our team competed and won a spot in the American Chamber of Commerce contest for entrepreneurship. Our CEO Gonzalo did an outstanding presentation of our Simulmedic technology becoming a finalist in the contest. We are heading again to Boston in order to get more connections for the Going to Market stage of our device. Our team: Constanza, […]
Thanks to an internal grant, our Simulmedic team (our device for medical simulation) travelled for two weeks to Boston. We were immersed for two weeks at the Cambridge Innovation Institute in Boston. WE talked to people of the entrepreneurial areas, manufacturers and possible institutions where our device could be tested. We also made connections in diverse medical institutions. […]