Automated innovation and impact

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Wasswa, William
• 署名单位: Mbarara University of Science & Technology
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-11440
• DOI: 10.1126/science.ado4541
• 发表日期: 2024-04-05
• 页码: 42-42
• 关键词: cervical-cancer

摘要

Online platforms promote community change, from challenge to commercialization In 2015, my grandmother succumbed to cervical cancer, which was linked to a late-stage diagnosis. This incident puzzled me because she had previously undergone cervical cancer screening, and the results had turned out to be negative. In 2016, as I calibrated a microscope in the pathology laboratory at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, I noted how laborious, error-prone, and subjective it was to analyze Pap smears for cervical cancer screenings using a manual microscope. After I engaged with pathologists and cancer patients and reflected on the memories of my grandmother's passing, I was determined to focus on the challenges of cervical cancer diagnosis for my PhD research.