- Outcomes for Spring 2021
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Prepare for field testing and continued implementation pathway development (SC Society/SCCAN + Distribution)
- April – Enter Stage 2 VentureWell Applications (or September after fieldwork – depends on if we have enough stakeholder information)
- Request blood samples from Keystone (local blood bank) and LVHN
- Train new members
- Work on publication (not IEEE GHTC)
- Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Specification testing
- Optimize material usage to reduce cost
- Storage of assembled test strips (humidity/temperature control)
- Resources Needed
- Space for lab
- Establish Partnership with St. Luke’s/LVHN (IRB has been processed, waiting for a response)
- Funds for continued test strip development
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Outcomes for Summer 2021
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- June – Re-enter DEBUT and NIH Applications (if applicable)
- June – Mountaintop (continued test strip development – shelf life)
- August – Hopefully, visit Sierra Leone for fieldwork (COVID-19 permitting)
- Submit publication
- Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Begin running tests with patients/continue with human blood samples
- Demonstrate to SL clinicians how to use strip, read outcome
- Testing specificity and efficiency of the tests (based on experiment outputs at that point in time)
- Blood viscosity variations (dehydration)
- Resources Needed
- Space for lab work to be conducted
- Partnership with local hospitals in Sierra Leone
- Funds for continued development and production of the test strips
- Materials for the creation of a conveyor belt (or we could buy it… $5,000)
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Outcomes for Fall 2021
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Improve test strip (based on feedback/experience from fieldwork)
- Continue to reduce the cost of the device
- Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Evaluate experimental results gained from Sierra Leone patients
- Improve any gaps in functionality
- Continue blood sample testing/optimization
- Resources Needed
- Space for lab
- Partnership with St. Luke’s/LVHN and local blood bank
- Funds for test strip development
- Resource allocation for scaling of production
- Project Goals (Responsibilities)