title: Beyond disease, how biomedical engineering can improve global health.
abstract: Biomedical engineering tools can be harnessed to address some of the world's most challenging nondisease-focused problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Department of Computational Biology and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. prl@andrew.cmu.edu morris.agaba@nm-aist.ac.tz chaomin@mx.nthu.edu.tw aguzman@ing.puc.cl a.middelberg@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: LeDuc
authors.affiliation: The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Arusha, Tanzania. prl@andrew.cmu.edu morris.agaba@nm-aist.ac.tz chaomin@mx.nthu.edu.tw aguzman@ing.puc.cl a.middelberg@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agaba
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nanoengineering and Microsystems, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. prl@andrew.cmu.edu morris.agaba@nm-aist.ac.tz chaomin@mx.nthu.edu.tw aguzman@ing.puc.cl a.middelberg@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Chao-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology Research Division, Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Deceased.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gracio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Metalúrgica, Pontificia Universidad Católica Santiago de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile. prl@andrew.cmu.edu morris.agaba@nm-aist.ac.tz chaomin@mx.nthu.edu.tw aguzman@ing.puc.cl a.middelberg@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Amador
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomolecular Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. prl@andrew.cmu.edu morris.agaba@nm-aist.ac.tz chaomin@mx.nthu.edu.tw aguzman@ing.puc.cl a.middelberg@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Middelberg
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D005523:Food Supply; D014943:Global Health; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D044085:Microfluidics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods; D060753:Water Quality; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical