Automated innovation and impact

Abstract

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