Come catch a sneak preview of this inspiring PBS documentary that highlights the growing movement to bring the process of innovation known as Design Thinking to classrooms nationwide. Pioneered by IDEO and Stanford's d.school, Design Thinking is a specific methodology that helps individuals unlock their innate creativity.

We're excited to announce another dynamic and diverse group of professionals in the logistics and health/humanitarian sectors who will now take their Pre-planning Strategy, Tactical Decision Making, and Systems Operations knowledge back to their organizations to improve health and humanitarian operations and make a greater impact.

On July 31, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first-ever "Engineering and Operarions Research in Public Health" symposium where Georgia Tech's ISyE faculty and Center for Health & Humanitarian Logistics Co-Director, Dr. Julie Swann, highlighted various applications of industrial and systems engineering in public health policy and disease prevention. Please see attached pdf of Dr. Swann's presentation for more information.

Develop logistics strategies to improve preparedness, response operations planning, and system design through interactive games, case studies, and other systematic tools.

The 2013 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference held in Kuala Lumpur June 4-5 brought together 113 participants from 25 different countries across the globe to listen and discuss ways to improve operations in the sector under the headline: Adaptive Supply Chains to Increase Resilience.

A new online tool takes the guesswork out of developing individualized catch-up immunization schedules by allowing parents and health care providers to easily create a schedule that ensures missed vaccines and future vaccines are administered according to approved guidelines.

The new Health and Humanitarian Logistics professional education certificate program at Georgia Tech consists of three courses:(1.) Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations(2.) Tactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response(3.) Systems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response

Georgia Tech systems engineers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. They are also forecasting what health care services would be available in the event of natural disasters in Caribbean nations.