Initiatives

Ignite empowers students to connect STEM concepts to social innovation through the human-centered design process.

Through hands-on experiences rooted in local challenges and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Ignite fosters engineering self-efficacy, resilience, and community identity while equipping students to become creative problem-solvers.

Ignite

Calla Health, a GWHT venture, is centered on sustainably improving women's access to cancer prevention and creating innovations that increase wide scale surveillance of cervical pre-cancers and cancers.

Calla Health Foundation

With Duke Engage, GWHT offers a summer program for undergrads to address social issues through a real-world experience.

Assistant Director Megan Madonna is serves as Co-Director for "Designing Engineering Solutions for Low-Income Healthcare Delivery", addressing healthcare challenges in Uganda in partnership with Makerere University.

Duke Engage