key data

my role: program lead and member of the steering board - overall coordination with volunteers, internal and external partners and core teams, strategic planning, removing barriers and finding blind spots

special challenges: emergency situation, started from the ground up, and all members worked remotely from home

duration: 3 months (03/20 - 06/20)

size: 150 active members (total 300)

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homepage: https://helpful.ethz.ch/

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objective: helpfulETH is an emergency research-initiative, which aims to provide short-term engineering solutions for needs in the healthcare sector caused through the current COVID-19 epidemic situation. helpfulETH sets up project teams of volunteers that aim to solve needs within days or weeks, as interim relief.

helpfulETH operates as a Point of Contact

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mission statement: 
Our aim is to remove hurdles faced by medical practitioners in connection with COVID-19 as quickly as possible by connecting them to capable engineering teams.

motto:

«If you need to be right before you move – you will never win. Perfection is the enemy of the good»
(Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO Executive Director)