Personal

Country:

Uganda

Academia

University:

University of Alberta (BSc), Purdue University (MSE)

Degree:

BSc, MSE

Field:

Electrical Engineering (BSc), Interdisciplinary Engineering - Biomedical (MSE)

Working experience

Institution:

Uganda Industrial Research Institute

I am involved in development and use of medical devices as Researcher

Bio

Philippa's core expertise is the design of electronic applications that are appropriate and affordable for low resource contexts in healthcare. Under her leadership, the Instrumentation Division has designed and developed award winning medical devices that include a diagnostic tool for pneumonia and the Electronically Controlled Gravity Feed Infusion Set (ECGF) for intravenous delivery of fluids. She is the project lead for UIRI in the UBORA consortium that comprises of East African and European partners that have developed an e-platform for the design and development of open source medical devices. Under the UBORA project the Instrumentation Division has designed a portable infant warmer for neonates with hypothermia and Wendi, a tracking device for the elderly. She is a member of the African Biomedical Engineering Consortium (ABEC), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, founding member of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Uganda Section, Subcommittee member IEEE Region 8 WIE and member of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES).