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Health Systems Institute names Predictive Modeling Lab after Mel Hall
ATLANTA (June 20, 2008) — In recognition of Mel Hall’s (IE ‘67) contribution and continued support, the Health Systems Institute (HSI) at Georgia Tech and Emory University named the Predictive Modeling Lab in his honor.
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Keeping Vaccinations on Track
ATLANTA (June 18, 2008) — New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate more than a quarter of all toddlers in the United States may be under-vaccinated, which can leave them unprotected against diseases like measles, mumps and even polio. Now, researchers have teamed up with the CDC to help keep kids’ vaccinations on track.
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2008 Seed Grant Call for Proposals
ATLANTA (June 17, 2008) — To support collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects, with the goal to stimulate improvements in healthcare
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Brani Vidakovic Elected as Fellow of American Statistical Association
ATLANTA (May 12, 2008) —
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Gregory Abowd named HSI Interim Director
ATLANTA (April 28, 2008) — College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens announced that College of Computing Professor Gregory Abowd will be the interim director of the Health Systems Institute (HSI).
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HSI’s Brad Jones Recipient of FACES Postdoctoral Fellowship
ATLANTA (April 17, 2008) — The goal of the award is to assist universities in developing programs to increase the number of scientists and engineers from underrepresented ethnic groups pursuing advanced degrees in these fields and entering the professoriate.
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Researchers Show Off Laser-Guided Robot
ATLANTA (March 18, 2008) — Dr. Kemp discusses one of his projects within the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech - an interdisciplinary lab with members from Biomedical Engineering, Interactive Computing, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech
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HSI’s Mahima Ashok Recipient of Georgia Tech Women’s Forum Scholarship
ATLANTA (March 17, 2008) — The GTWF Scholarship Fund awards annual scholarships to female students based on financial need, academic achievement and leadership.
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An Assistant Who May Need the Occasional Battery
ATLANTA (March 16, 2008) — Dr. Kemp discusses one of his projects within the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech - an interdisciplinary lab with members from Biomedical Engineering, Interactive Computing, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech
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HSI Researchers Recipients of the National Science Foundation’s CYBER TRUST Award
ATLANTA (September 5, 2007) — HSI’s François Sainfort & Paula Edwards on the investigative team of a recently funded NSF grant
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2007-2008 HSI Seed Grant Program Recipients Announced
ATLANTA (August 27, 2007) — Five proposals funded for latest round of seed grants
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Leanne Metcalfe Receives Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship
ATLANTA (August 24, 2007) — HSI Ph.D student receives Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship
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2007 Seed Grant Call for Proposals
ATLANTA (May 1, 2007) — To support collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects, with the goal to stimulate improvements in health care
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Tech Research Wins Prestigious Competition
ATLANTA (May 1, 2007) — A Georgia Tech project has won an international competition that singles out the best operations research project by an organization.
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Georgia Tech Aligns with Children’s to Establish Center for Pediatric Outcomes and Quality
ATLANTA (March 14, 2007) — CPOQ will apply the latest technologies and methods from biomedical engineering, computer science, industrial engineering, management and other disciplines to solve problems associated with delivering quality care to children.
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Students Collaborate, Design Patient Room of Future
ATLANTA (January 16, 2007) — Georgia Tech students are designing the patient rooms of the future, and it’s not just architecture students.
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HIMSS Dedicated to Advancement of IT in Health Care
ATLANTA, GA (December 15, 2006) — Cowan, a consultant in the health care industry for 25 years, is currently an Executive in Residence and leads the Masters Program in the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech as part of the School of Biomedical Engineering. Cowan started the Georgia Chapter of HIMSS in 1983 and led the chapter for the first year, serving as president in 1983-84; he is also the current president.
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Inverse Planning System Improves Cancer Therapy
ATLANTA (November 27, 2006) — Using algorithms developed at Georgia Tech, a California medical software company has launched the first “inverse planning” system for helping cancer treatment specialists optimize the placement of radioactive seeds used in the brachytherapy process.
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Tech/Children’s Partner on $5M Pediatric Center
ATLANTA (October 25, 2006) — Georgia Tech and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta have partnered to create a new $5 million pediatric research center. The Center for Pediatric Outcomes and Quality, housed with Tech’s Health Systems Institute, will develop technologies and processes to solve problems associated with delivering quality care to children.
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ATLANTA, GA (March 2, 2006) — A new institute at Georgia Tech and Emory University will develop systems and technologies designed to help improve communication among all the players in health care, from the patients to the doctors, administrators and insurers. Tech will receive funding totaling $5 million to establish the institute, called The Health Systems Institute (HSI). The institute will partner with local, regional and national health care organizations to research, develop, implement, test and distribute improved technologies for health care that will integrate state-of-the-art information, decision support, communication and biomedical technologies.
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