Wound Care in Kenya

This program will build upon the AMPATH collaboration with Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya where nurses have identified wound care as an urgent need. Students will work with the faculty and partner to develop wound prevention tools using locally available supplies. Student teams will identify available materials, design and test prototypes, and test for acceptability for both personal and unit-based interventions to address wound outcomes. The program will include fully-funded travel to Kenya during summer 2023.

Faculty team members:

• Julie Zuniga, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
• Janet Ellzey, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering

International partner:

• Moi University Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya

Student team members:

• Megha Bhatia – Plan II, Health and Society, Shawn Fan –  Nursing, Austin Kayanan –  Mechanical Engineering, Carolina Ponce – Mechanical Engineering

• Sweccha Guntamukkala – Neuroscience, Isabel Richards – Mechanical Engineering, Arielle Warren -Nursing

• Daniel Guerra – Architecture, Lauren Guerra-Flores – Plan II, Architecture, Mackenzie Noell – Plan II, Computational Biology, Meron Teferi – Public Health

• Reha Kakkar – Plan II, Neuroscience, Divine Kalu – Public Health, Britney Tran – International Relations and Global Studies, Government