Georgia Tech Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) Offers Professional Certificate in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management to International Cohort
31 practitioners in global health and humanitarian response, from 17 countries across the globe, gathered at Georgia Tech’s Global Learning Center for a week in May to participate in the certificate program in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management offered by Georgia Tech’s Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems.
HHL Conference announces Keynote speaker Rick Brennan, Director of Emergency Operations at World Health Organization (WHO)
The 9th annual Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference draws practitioners from across various sectors to discuss supply chain, logistics, and systems design for global health and humanitarian response / long-term development.
CHHS hosts "Innovation in Public Impact Research Across GA Tech" seminar
Watch VIDEO recap of the April 19th seminar from professors in College of Computing, the School of City & Regional Planning, and the Enterprise Innovation Institute on new research related to improving health and urban planning locally and internationally.
CHHS Alumna Mallory Soldner now "Doing Good with Data" at UPS!
Soldner is now an advanced analytics manager at UPS comments on her recent TED@UPS talk, “Your Company's Data Could Help End World Hunger!"
Julie Swann and Nicoleta Serban Help Clinicians and Public Health Agents Make Decisions Through Data and Analytics
Professors Serban and Swann assess billions of transaction records from the nation’s Medicaid program using eight years of complete records from 50 million patients, 38 million of them children.
CHHS Senior Design Team Works with CDC on a Risk Assessment Tool for Organ Donations
The demand and the average time on the waiting lists for organ transplants are growing, while the supply of organs remains comparatively limited.
CHHS Alumni and Directors' Optimization Tool for Job Placement Makes Impact in Mozambique
The Task Force for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and the Ministry of Health in Mozambique partner with Georgia Tech CHHS to develop tool to improve job placement in health sector.
Register Now for May 2017 Professional Certificate program in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management
REGISTRATION is now available online to enroll in the 2017 certificate program (May 8-13th) for professionals from companies, government and military, NGOs, academia and other organizations active in health and humanitarian logistics. There are a limited number of scholarships for practitioners working at NGOs and in developing countries. See the link included for details.
UPS CMO Teresa Finley shares at IMPACT Series co-hosted by Scheller's ILE and CHHS
Teresa M. Finley, Chief Marketing and Global Business Services Officer at UPS, speaks Wed, Sept. 14th, as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series at the Scheller College of Business on the global and social impact of UPS as a leader in Logistics.
CHHS Hosts Health Systems Event, Sept 16, 2016
The goal of this event is to identify important trends in healthcare systems and design, the future of health systems ecucation, and opportunities for collaboration. The event will include a keynote presentation, two plenary panel sessions, and presentations and posters by alumni on new research.
CHHS's Dr. Swann and Research Team Examine Medicaid Costs for Children
Research teams analyzed six years of Medicaid claims for every child in ten U.S. states and found that healthy children are 50 to 60 percent of the total cost in the Medicaid system in GA.
Leaders at CDC and CARE USA to Give Keynote Address at Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference
Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director at the CDC, and Michelle Nunn, CEO at CARE USA, to share on global health and humanitarian systems response and development in areas such as health emergencies and refugee crisis management.
CHHS Recognized for Global Impact with 2016 Denning Award
Professors Pinar Keskinocak and Julie Swann, co-directors of the Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) and professors in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE) have been honored with George Tech’s 2016 Steven A. Denning Award for Global Engagement.
CHHS co-hosts Disaster Response Management Forum, April 27
Experts, policy makers, researchers, and decision makers share research, new challenges, and current efforts for improving disaster response from pre-planning to mitigation.
Georgia Tech HHS Center designated as official VA research partner to improve healthcare delivery for veterans.
The designation under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) allows CHHS to bid for new research proposals at the VA for funding of up to $3 million to improve healthcare delivery for veterans.
2016 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference at GA Tech: Aug 29-31
For the last 7 years, the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference (HHL) has brought together speakers and attendees from non-government organizations (NGOs), industry, government, military, and academia to identify challenges and opportunities in global health humanitarian operations and long-term economic development.
Georgia Tech names Health & Humanitarian Systems an official Interdisciplinary Research Center
The Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) was recently designated by Georgia Tech as one of the seven new Interdisciplinary Research Centers (IRCs) on campus. Each of these centers brings together researchers from different disciplines across campus to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech, promoting collaborative research and coordinating activities aimed at large external funding opportunities.
HHS hosts IBM's Rebecca Curzon: Technology and Humanitarian response
Rebecca Curzon, Senior Program Manager for IBM Corporate Citizenship & Affairs addresses the role of technology in disaster response and humanitarian work as part of IMPACT speaker series.
Earn a professional certificate in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management at Georgia Tech!
This May 9-14, 2016, the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (HHS) at Georgia Tech will again offer the 6-day intensive certificate program in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management.
HHL Conference in South Africa Draws Participants from Across Globe!
The 7th annual Conference on Health & Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) held in Johannesburg November 18-20th, 2015 drew 150 participants from 33 different countries around the world engaged in the global health and humanitarian sectors to address challenges and successful models of organizational collaboration and supply chain practices.
Former head of UN Ebola Response Gives Keynote at HHL Conference in South Africa
Former Director of Mission Support for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Colonel Girish Sinha, will share lessons learned from Ebola response logistics in West Africa as the keynote speaker at the 2015 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics next November 18-20th in South Africa. Registration for the conference is now live on the conference website- please see more information in link attached.