Graduate Minor in Pediatric Engineering

About the Graduate Minor

This minor in Pediatric Engineering aims to train graduate students in related science, mathematics, technology, health, and engineering fields: 1) to develop a fundamental understanding of childhood injury and disease, healthcare, and treatment, and 2) to apply scientific and engineering concepts, methods, and approaches to address healthcare challenges with direct relevance to pediatric patients. Pediatric patients suffer from injuries and diseases that are congenital due to genetic factors and that are acquired due to exposure to environmental or biological factors, such as trauma, bacteria or viruses. Infants and children have unique physiology that dramatically changes during growth and development, and the substantial heterogeneity of complex pediatric illnesses and rare childhood diseases is distinct from adult diseases.

Select topics in courses include pediatric trauma or injury, congenital or acquired cardiovascular diseases, cancer, cerebral palsy, infectious diseases, autism, musculoskeletal diseases, neurological illness and defects, anxiety, ADHD, learning disabilities, and medical devices for pediatric usage. The long-term goal of this minor is to train the next-generation of students for future scientific and technical careers in pediatric engineering, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and innovation that will have a lasting impact on global health.

This minor is divided among courses in biomedical engineering, entrepreneurship, clinical treatment, healthcare, psychology, biomedical ethics, and statistics. Key characteristics are:

• Designed for graduate students in science, mathematics, technology, health, and engineering program 1) to gain a fundamental understanding of childhood disease, healthcare, and treatment, and 2) to apply scientific and engineering concepts, methods, and approaches to address healthcare challenges with direct relevance to pediatric patients
• Requires 3 core and 2 elective courses (15.0-17.5 credits)
• Can be completed in 4 quarters

Admission Requirements

Requires that students have a minimum mathematical skill level equivalent to Calculus I.

Program Requirements

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CNHP students only.

Additional Information

Carolyn Riley
Associate Director of Professional Programs
215-895-2215
cr63@drexel.edu