General Meeting THIS Wednesday!

Event: EWH General Meeting
Dates: Wednesday, November 10th
Location: LR4
Time: 6:30 PM
Description: We will be talking about updates from our design group, repair, volunteer site, high school outreach, and more! This is a great way to learn more about EWH and start getting involved! We will be having a repair session following the meeting in the subbasement of Ford. Snacks will be provided!

Event: Repair Session
Date: Wednesday, November 10th
Location: Ford SB335
Time: 7-8:30 PM
Description: This is a great opportunity to get hands on and meet current undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty members of EWH! We will be working on patient monitoring equipment and ultrasound machines. Contact YuchenYang2013@u.northwestern.edu with questions and fill out the following form to participate:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/u.northwestern.edu/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGZLX2xqMWs3TTlDRi1GcjdvWTF4MEE6MQ#gid= .

Event: Design Team Brainstorming Meeting
Date: Monday, November 8th
Time: 6 PM
Location: TBA
Description: We will continue brainstorming ideas for the design competition. Email Zac at zacharycucinotta2012@u.northwestern.edu if you have any questions!


Event: Sort Medical Supplies at Mission Outreach
Dates: 11/13, 11/20
Time: 9AM -12 PM (leave at 8:30 from campus)
Location: Mission Outreach Warehouse (transportation provided)
Description: This is in partnership with NCDC/ Oasis. We will be sorting donated medical supplies at the Mission Outreach warehouse so that they can be efficiently sent to hospitals with limited resources. Sign up at this spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=t-5VrWYBEfS4-xaZc2LhMsA&hl=en&authkey=CLWZts8F#gid=0. Contact Matt Weathered at matthewweathered2013@u.northwestern.edu with questions.

Note that we are accepting people on a first come, first serve basis and there is limited space. If you would like to be on the MIssion Outreach site volunteer listserv, contact Matt.

Event: Fall Quarter Speaker: Kara Palamountain
Dates: Tuesday, November 16th
Location: LR4
Time: 7-9 PM
Description: EWH, SWE, GlobeMed, BMES, and ESW are hosting Kara Palamountain, a Research Assisstant Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, who is also the Executive Director of Kellogg's Global Health Initiative. In 2006, NU received a $4.9 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to research and develop affordable diagnostic devices for infectious diseases plaguing UN-defined "least developed countries". She will discuss her work relating to this grant. We are very excited about the opportunity. To read more about Professor Palamountain's work, visit http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/palamountain_kara.aspx