BME377T:Projects/Topics

Name	Topic 1	Topic 2	Topic 3
Abhishek Kashyap	refugees and related problems	slavery and caste system problems	lack of clean water
Andrew Horton	human rights (Haiti, US's Columbian policy, military takeovers)	health (treatable diseases i.e. TB, AIDS, malaria)
Angela Hsiao	clean up and protect natural resources	education for street/underprivileged kids
Athra Kaviani	public health	child education
Bill Rodney	shelter	hunger
Clair Hollingsworth	rural public health
Cristina Garcia	pharmaceutical corporations ethics (medical research on the poor, production generic medicines)	preventable diseases i.e. AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria (research, education)
Daphne Hao	pollution control	education and job opportunities for former criminals, drug users, etc.
Deepa Raghunathan	water systems (purifying water supplies, providing drinking water)	improving education (specifically literacy)
Isis Trenchard	cleaning water/improving sanitation	creating scientific infrastructure in developing countries (preventing "brain drain")
Jennifer Ge	children's rights	education
Jessica Rodriguez	homeless children or children with parents that can't care for them effectively	second hand smoking
Jose Gutierrez	education	environment
Kaitlin Goerner	AIDS in Africa	sex slave trade (children) in Thailand
Kishore Khan	ending global poverty	children workers/abuse prevention
Matt Hogan	poverty	social inequality
Melizza Rodriguez	healthcare for the poor (medications for the poor)
Paul Rezvani	poverty	immigration
Pouya Feizpour	poverty	child slavery
Randi Voss	stop trafficking in people (sex trade using children - esp. thailand)	help women achieve financial autonomy through fair trade clothing company
Spoorthy Gudavalli	illiteracy among children in 3rd world countries	women empowerment
Stephanie Orci	promoting education in at risk areas	literacy for everyone (disabled, minorities)
Sudhir Shenoy	unethical labor practices	poverty
Susannah Payne	education (increasing access to literature)	rural development