Sonia Sosa Saenz
Rice 360 Institute for Global Health
Clinical Research Engineer
Science Seminar Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Seminar Title: Medical Innovations that solve global health challenges.
Bio/Abstract: Sonia Sosa, a clinical research engineer at Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and ’17 LETU alumni, leads research, testing and dissemination of clinical studies for novel medical devices suitable for use in low-resource settings at Rice University and hospitals in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. Prior to her current role, Sonia held a primary role on a team developing a low-cost warming crib and a continuous temperature monitor as a Global Health Fellow with Rice360. During this seminar, Sonia will share Rice360 mission and give an overview of her work designing effective, affordable devices for low-resource settings.
Sonia's experience focuses on designing effective, affordable, rugged, and easy to use devices for use in low-resource settings; as well as first-in human clinical evaluation of these technologies. Sonia’s passion for global health began after traveling to Kenya for an undergraduate research project to collect user feedback on wheelchairs designed for underserved populations. She received training in Rwanda on biomedical equipment repair while volunteering with Engineering World Health at Kibuye District Hospital. She graduated in 2017 with a BS in Engineering with a Biomedical concentration from LeTourneau University.
