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Robert A. Malkin

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Duke Box 90281, 1427 FCIEMAS, Durham, NC 27708-0281
1427 Fitzpatrick Center, Durham, NC 27708

Academic Honors


Save The Children

International GSK Foundation · 2016 Awarded for work to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child in Ecuador

Engineering Hero

International IEEE Spectrum · 2015 Recognized for work applying technology to global health problems.

Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award

School Pratt School of Engineering · 2010

News Items


Published November 26, 2018
Small but Mighty, the Pratt Pouch Packs a Punch
Published August 10, 2017
Tiny Packet Is Making a Big—and Growing—Dent in Childhood HIV
Published February 24, 2016
Pratt Pouch Project Preventing HIV Transmission to Babies Funded in Ecuador
Published November 2, 2015
The plastic pouch that stops HIV
Published March 16, 2015
Tar Heel of the Week: Duke engineer turns mind to global health problems
Published March 3, 2015
Robert Malkin: MacGyvering medical gear
Published January 16, 2015
Free Symposium Jan. 26 at Duke to Focus on Social Entrepreneurship, Civic Engagement
Published June 30, 2014
Duke team brings life-saving function to ketchup packets
Published June 25, 2014
Duke students create pouch to help deliver HIV drugs to infants
Published May 23, 2014
The MacGyver cure for cancer
Published January 10, 2014
Science
Robert Malkin comments: Mind the gap year
Published August 28, 2013
Fast Company
Using the McDonald's ketchup pouch model to deliver HIV drugs in the developing world