HI, WELCOME to my blog on biomaterials and their applications!

I chose to take this class (and major in Biomedical Engineering) for the vast applications of biomaterials I saw in translational medicine at local and global scales: global health, particularly in conflict-ridden zones such as Yemen, Syria, or parts of Pakistan, is certainly a passionate concern of mine.

Further, I joined the Zhou Lab here at Yale, where I was able to work firsthand on creating nanoparticles from different polymers in order to target the blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastomas.

THUS,

I have formed a tentative theme for my blog throughout this course. Broadly, it is the intersection of biomaterials, nano-medicine, and global health. I will aim to highlight specific advancements in drug delivery and nano-scale technologies that have held large-scale implications around the world. Alternatively, I will also examine biomaterials technologies other than nanoparticles that have already benefited crisis and conflict-ridden areas, and the challenges in budget, scale, design, and effectiveness they faced in successfully reaching victim populations. Together, by the end of this course, I hope to have a collection of resources and blog posts about the global health implications of biomaterials technologies, especially within nano-medicine.