Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gates grant to fund mobile phone-based detection tool for newborn jaundice

    Chetan A. Patil A research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the ability of an adapted mobile phone to diagnose jaundice in newborns in developing countries. The foundation announced May 9 the recipients… Read More

    May. 18, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    $100K Gates Foundation grant supports innovative global health project

    Vanderbilt University announced Oct. 21 that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Associate Professor of Chemistry David Wright and Professor of Biomedical… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2009