At the University of Balamand, SALAM met students from medicine and engineering to explore how young people can help bring telecardiology and affordable medical technologies closer to the communities that need them most.
On 5 November 2026, the SALAM team at the University of Balamand (UOB) in Lebanon held a preliminary meeting with students representing the Medical Students Society, the PreMed Club and the Robotics and Mechatronics Club, to introduce them to the project and explore how they can take part in its activities.
The meeting started from a simple idea: the future of accessible healthcare will be shaped by those who are training today to become doctors, engineers and innovators. Involving them at an early stage means building SALAM’s solutions together with the next generation of professionals who will use, improve and carry them forward.
The mix of participants reflected the nature of the project itself. For medical and pre-medical students, SALAM offers a first-hand look at how digital tools can reach patients whose access to heart care is limited by distance or resources. For robotics and mechatronics students, it shows how engineering skills can become medical technologies designed for real clinical settings.
Discussions focused on the importance of youth participation in addressing healthcare challenges and their contribution to the project’s activities.
By opening the project to students in medicine and engineering, the University of Balamand is helping prepare a new generation to put innovation and cross-border cooperation at the service of more accessible heart care across the Mediterranean.
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09/11/2026
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