Our invited article on the equity challenge in healthcare research and how a system-wide approach is needed has been published in GetMobile journal. In this paper, we discuss four pillars to ensure successful engineering and technology solutions to health problems in underserved communities: Trust between the participants and the researchers, culturally sensitive support, locally relevant designs, and use of computational tools to harness novel insights. We therefore demonstrate that engg and tech research for these communities needs to be people-facing and guided by their challenges and requirements in order for it to be adopted and effective.
The lead author on this paper was my mentor Dr. Ashu Sabharwal and supported by myself and Dr. David Kerr, our wonderful SDRI collaborator and an expert on equitable health innovations in diabetes, The manuscript can be found here.

A participant in Sansum Diabetes Research Institute’s (SDRI) Farming for Life study wearing continuous glucose monitoring technology. Image used with permission from SDRI, all image rights reserved with SDRI.