Events
Special Event Archive
6th Annual Health Systems Student Symposium :: April 25-26, 2008
Keynote addresses were given by:
- Joseph M. Duhig, Senior Vice President with Juran Institute and Juran Healthcare, on Lean 6 Sigma in Healthcare
- Bill Bornstein, MD, Chief Quality Officer at Emory Healthcare, on Leading Quality Improvement
- Pinar Keskinocak, PhD, Associate Professor Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, on Healthcare Logistics
Access the keynote and students presentations
5th Annual Health Systems Student Symposium :: April 27-28, 2007
Keynote addresses were given by:
- Mark Oshnock, CEO of Visiting Nurse Health Systems of Georgia, on Home Health and Hospice Care
- Dr. Charles Kemp, Assistant Professor at the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech, on Robotics in Healthcare
- David Cowan, Executive in Residence and MS Program Director at the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech, on the Health Systems program at Georgia Tech
Access the keynote and students presentations
HSI at the APHA Public Health and Human Rights Conference
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. W. Brad Jones and David Huang, two of the Institute's Ph.D. students, presented a talk at the conference relating to HSI and its initiatives. They, along with David Cowan, MSHS and Executive in Residence for HSI, answered questions of interested students, faculty and public health representatives.
View the presentation (PDF-183KB)
4th Annual Health Systems Student Symposium :: April 21 - 22, 2006
Keynote addresses were given by:
- Dean Athanassiades, Philips Healthcare Consulting, on the successful integration of new technology in healthcare
- Pam Arlotto, President, Maestro Strategies and a leading authority in healthcare information technology, on predictions of the future based on her rich and broad experiences
- Brani Vidakovic, PhD, Professor, Georgia Tech, on practical applications of statistics in health systems research
Current graduate students along with their industry mentors presented their research. For a list of student presentations and their industry mentors, click here.
Symposium and Launch of the Health Systems Institute :: March 2, 2006
Transcripts and Documents:
- Press release
- HSI Brochure
- Keynote speaker by Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation and Former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
- Opening Remarks by François Sainfort, Director, Health Systems Institute :: [slides]
- Remarks by Penny George, Director, The Bravewell Collaborative :: [transcript]