Katelyn Rittenhouse, a global health fellow in the department of obstetrics and gynecology received the EQT Foundation’s Breakthrough Science Women’s Health Grant for “Fetal Age and Machine Learning Initiative: Improving Pregnancy Evaluation in Low-Resource Settings (FAMLI).” Rittenhouse conducts research through UNC Project-Zambia.
The award recognizes bold, transformative ideas with the potential to drive meaningful change in women’s health—especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The FAMLI project leverages machine learning to estimate fetal age using low-cost ultrasound technology, aiming to empower frontline providers with diagnostic tools that are both powerful and practical.