Events

Past Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

HSI Internal Research Meeting: Date: November 24, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom
HSI Internal Staff Meeting: Date: December 1, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom
HSI Internal Research Meeting: Date: December 8, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom Dr. Carladenise Edwards of the Georgia Department of Community Health

PAST EVENTS

The Surge in U.S. Health IT Spending: Research Opportunities and Innovation Opportunities and Barriers: Date: November 4, 2009 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Location: Klaus Advanced Computing Building, room 1116 E/W Presented by Dr. Robert Kolodner, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Surge in U.S. Health IT Spending: HSI/TI Distinguished Lecture: Date: November 4, 2009 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Location: Christopher Klaus Advanced Computing Building (266 Ferst Drive), Suite 1116 Dr. Kolodner will draw from his recent roles to discuss the pervasive use of health information technology (HIT) as an essential part of any successful health reform solution.
Engineering Psychology Colloquium :: Behavioral and Social Issues at Several Levels of the Healthcare Delivery System: Date: November 3, 2009 Time: 4:30 PM Location: JS Coon Building, Room 217 Speaker:Bill Rouse, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Team Science? A case study in autism: Date: October 30, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Klaus Advanced Computing Building, room 1443 Presented by Dr. Gregory Abowd
Contemporary Issues of Biomedical Informatics: Date: September 29, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: LeCraw Auditorium, GT College of Management Informatics and its Impact on You, Your Businesss and Your Health
Engaging Physicians with Web-based Learning Tools ::Tennenbaum Institute/HSI Distinguished Lecture: Date: September 18, 2009 Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Location: Centergy Building, Hodges Connections Room Presented by Dr. James Puffer, President and CEO of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
Engaging Physicians with Web-based Learning Tools :: TI/HSI Lecture: Date: September 18, 2009 Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Location: Centergy Building, Hodges Connections Room Please join us for a Tennenbaum Institute/Health Systems Institute Distinguished Lecture.
From a Health Sector to a Health System through the use of Cloud Computing: Creating Virtual Medical Homes: Date: September 17, 2009 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Location: TSRB 132 Presented by Leslie Lenert, MD
HSI’s Craig Zimring to Speak at Eighth Quality Colloquium: Date: August 17-20, 2009 Time: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM Location: Harvard University Campus Expert will discuss Evidence Based Design of Healthcare
CANCELED - HSI Internal Research Meeting: Date: June 23, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom
2009 Health Systems Student Symposium: Date: April 24, 2009 Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Location: Health Systems Institute offices, 828 W. Peachtree St,. NW Please join the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech and Emory University for the 2009 Health Systems Student Symposium. You will have the opportunity to learn from the content of the presentations, enjoy the camaraderie of fruitful interactions and n
Lecture :: Health By Design: Date: April 23, 2009 Time: 11:00 AM Location: College of Architecture Library, Main Floor, Architecture West The US is facing a crisis of healthcare cost and quality. Working with many collaborators within and outside Georgia Tech, our research group focuses on improving health and healthcare by conducting design research and by creating policy. We concentrate o
A Vision of a U.S. Healthcare System :: Tennenbaum Institute/Health Systems Institute Distinguished Lecture: Date: April 14, 2009 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor Auditorium Presented by Denis A. Cortese, M.D., President and CEO of Mayo Clinic
HSI Research Seminar Series: Virtual Patients as Educational Tools: Date: March 6, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207 Event Room Presented by Dr. Scott Lind, MD, Peggy J. Wagner, PhD and Christopher B. White, MD
GVU Brown Bag :: Real “Killer Applications” in Computer Science: Date: February 19, 2009 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor - Room 132 Presented by Dr. Harold Thimbleby
HSI Research Seminar Series: International Medical Solutions: Date: February 10, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207 Event Room Presented by Kelvin L. Buncum
GVU Brown Bag :: Challenges and Opportunities for Technologies for Chronic Care Management: Date: January 15, 2009 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor - Room 132 presented by Dr. Gillian R. Hayes as part of the GVU Brown Bag Series
GVU/HSI Brown Bag :: Autonomous Mobile Manipulation for the Motor Impaired: Date: November 13, 2008 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor - Room 132 presented by Dr. Charlie Kemp as part of the GVU Brown Bag Series
GVU/HSI Brown Bag :: Nosocomial Infection Control as a Collaboration between Industrial Engineering and Health Space Design: Date: October 9, 2008 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor - Room 132 presented by Drs. Pinar Keskinocak and Ellen Do as part of the GVU Brown Bag Series
GVU/HSI Brown Bag :: Contemporary Issues in Health Informatics: Date: September 25, 2008 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor - Room 132 presented by Dr. Mark Braunstein as part of the GVU Brown Bag Series
GVU/HSI Brown Bag :: Introduction to HSI: Date: September 11, 2008 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Centergy Building, Hodges Room 335 presented by Dr. Gregory Abowd as part of the GVU Brown Bag Series
HSI Research Seminar Series :: Assessment of Current CVVH Systems and Validation of a Novel Accurate Fluid Management System for use in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Date: July 24, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM EST Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom James Fortenberry, MD - Medical Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D. - Regents Professor, Coulter Distinguished Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, GT
Ph.D. Proposal :: The Role of Clinical and Non-clinical Factors in Testing and Treatment of HER2 Breast Cancer: Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom Mahima Ashok - Advisor: Dr. Paul Griffin, Committee: Dr. Robert Butera, Dr. Michael Halpern, Dr. Richard Nichols,Dr. Brani Vidakovic
Dissertation Defense :: Bayesian Classification Methods in Determining Health Burdens: Date: June 12, 2008 Time: 1:30 PM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - 207A Exec Boardroom Leanne Metcalfe - Advisors: Dr. Brani Vidakovic, Committee: Dr. Paul Griffin, Dr. Charles Kemp, Dr. Stephen Sprigle, Dr. Arun Villavallam
Mel Hall Dedication: Date: June 12, 2008 Time: 3:00 PM Location: 828 W. Peachtree St, NW - Suite 215 HSI Names Predictive Modeling Lab in Mr. Hall’s Honor
Dissertation Defense :: A New Tool to Measure the Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life and Workforce Productivity: Date: May 9, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Poole Board Room (236), ISyE Main Building David Huang - Advisors: Dr. Brani Vidakovic, Dr. Paula Edwards, Committee: Dr. Dave Goldsman, Dr. Paul Griffin, Dr. Eva Lee
2008 Health Systems Student Symposium: Date: April 25-26, 2008 Time: 8:30am - 5pm on Friday – 8:30am -12 noon on Saturday Location: Georgia Tech Campus, Bill Moore Student Success Center (President’s Suite) David Cowan, MSHS Program Director and MS students, Health Systems Institute
HSI Research Seminar Series :: Self Similarity in Medical Data and Applications: Date: April 22, 2008 Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Location: Health System Institute, 2nd Floor, Event Room 207 Brani Vidakovic, Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
HSI Research Seminar Series :: Behavioral Imaging : How a Computer Scientist Can Impact the World of Autism: Date: April 14, 2008 Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Location: Health System Institute, 2nd Floor, Event Room 207 Dr. Gregory D. Abowd, Interim Director, Health Systems Institute
Seminar :: Information technologies applied to problems of autism: Date: March 14, 2008 Time: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Location: TSRB, 2nd floor, GVU Cafe Dr. Gregory D. Abowd, School of Interactive Computing, speaks at weekly Health Seminar
Seminar :: Food Preparation and Distribution Planning for Pandemic Flu: Date: February 29, 2008 Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Location: TSRB, 2nd floor, GVU Cafe Ali Ekici, a PhD student in ISyE, will be presenting at the weekly Health Seminar
Lecture :: Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2): Date: January 29, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM EST Location: IBB - Suddath Seminar Room Dr. Yongmin Kim (University of Washington) to speak January 29th
Pediatric Center of the Future Open House: Date: December 6, 2007 Time: 4:30 pm EST – 6:00 pm EST Location: Georgia Tech Campus, NROTC (Bldg #59)
Students representing five disciplines (architecture, health systems, human—computer interaction, computer science, and systems engineering) showcase their designs for “The Pediatric Center of the Future.”
Lecture :: Dr. Joseph Wu to present at the Health Systems Institute: Date: November 9, 2007 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Molecular Science and Engineering Building, Suite 4100 Early combination chemotherapy would be effective in reducing the spread of antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic
2007 Health Systems Student Symposium: Date: April 27-28, 2007 Time: 8:30am - 5pm on Friday, 8:30-12 noon on Saturday Location: Bill Moore Student Success Center Please join the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech and Emory University for the 2007 Health Systems Student Symposium. All Georgia Tech Health Systems alumni and friends are invited to attend. You will have the opportunity to learn from the content
Lecture :: Clinical Staff and Physician Acceptance of Electronic Medical Records: Date: April 10, 2007 Time: 11:00 am EST Location: GT Campus, Coon building, room 217 This program will report on factors that affect clinical staff and physician acceptance of electronic medical records and discuss steps organizations can take to improve user acceptance
HSI Hosting Value-Driven Health Care Initiative Event: Date: February 12, 2007 Time: 10:00 am EST – 12:00 pm EST Location: Georgia Tech campus HSI hosts Governor Sonny Perdue, Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Michael Leavitt
Emory/GT Symposium on Predictive Health: Date: December 18-19, 2006 Time: Day 1: 9a.m.-5 p.m., Day 2: 9a.m.-4:45 p.m. Location: Emory Conference Center Conversations about what the new biomedicine can be and how we can make it work
Clinical Staff and Physician Acceptance of Electronic Medical Records Webinar: Date: December 8, 2006 Time: 10:00 am EST – 11:00 am EST Location: Online This program will report on factors that affect clinical staff and physician acceptance of electronic medical records and discuss steps organizations can take to improve user acceptance
HSI Booth at 2006 APHA Public Health and Human Rights Conference: Date: November 4-8, 2006 Time: 9:00 am EST – 5:00 pm EST Location: Boston, MA The Health Systems Institute (HSI) at Georgia Tech hosted a booth at the
134th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Boston,
MA, November 4-8, 2006