2021 Bio-Med Tech-Girls

Bio-Med Tech-Girls is back for its 8th year, August 3-6! The program is a collaboration between the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering and Charlottesville Women in Tech. Last summer, we took the program online and this summer, we are excited to be back in person! The week will be filled with guest speakers, lab tours, and hands-on activities.

Reflection

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In the News

• Chapter 9: We talk to student organizers about Bio-Med Tech-Girls (August 2020, Once Upon a Tech podcast)
  
• Teen girls challenged with creating technology for disabled children (August 2019, CBS19)
• Blooming from Their Stems: Tech-Girls use empathy in learning STEM (April 2017, Charlottesville Family)
• Students get hands-on experience and career inspiration at Bio-Med Tech-Girls (August 2016, Charlottesville Tomorrow)

​​​​​Check out this episode of Charlottesville Inside-Out (starts as 13:30), when Terri Allard and her crew spent the day with Tech-Girls founder, Kim Wilkens during the Bio-Med Tech-Girls program in 2016. 

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2021 Schedule Highlights

Tuesday
UVA Link Lab

• Robotic surgery with Dr. Homa Alemzadeh
  
• Game Controller Design Challenge

Wednesday
UVA BME

• Christ Lab
  
• Janes Lab
• Peirce-Cottler Lab
• Griffin Lab
  

Thursday
UVA School of Education

• Programming Cells with Dr. Jeff Saucerman
  

Friday
UVA School of Education

• Eileen Krepkovich, Research Scientist
  
• Intro to micro:bit

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Many thanks!!!

Bio-Med Tech-Girls is possible because of the generous support of the UVA BME department and Charlottesville Women in Tech sponsors. We are also very thankful for David Chen and the myriad of UVA faculty, staff and students he recruits to share their time and passion about solving problems through biomedical engineering with us!

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• 2020 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
  
• 2019 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
  
• 2018 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
• 2017 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
• ​2016 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
• 2015 Bio-Med Tech-Girls
• 2014 Bio-Med Tech-Girls