Miiri’s focus is on providing real-world experiences in education for bioengineering and medical students, where she brings industry experience in product development into the classroom. She leads two NIH-funded programs - the Clinical Immersion Program for engineering and medical students and the Bioengineering Experience for (High School) Science Teachers (BEST). Dr. Kotche is the Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center, where an interdisciplinary student team of graduate-level engineers, designers, business and medical students provides early concept and business development of medical devices for clinicians across the campus. She is also active in identifying and developing low-cost medical devices for global health applications, and is faculty advisor for the UIC chapter of Engineering World Health.