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.
Save the Date: 2015 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, NOV 18-20, South Africa
This year's conference draws practitioners from across NGOs, government, military, private industry, academia and other organizations to address the role of logistics in areas such as disaster response, health systems and food security and to highlight the unique challenges for global health and humanitarian response in Africa.
Ebola Modeling Workshop: THURS-FRI, JAN 22-23 at GA Tech
This workshop will highlight concepts, challenges, and results arising from the use of models to predict the spread and facilitate the control of Ebola in W. Africa with a focus on the following central themes: predicting and interpreting initial outbreak dynamics, planning and evaluating interventions, real-time monitoring and surveillance, and modeling as a tool for communication.
ISyE's Emory Winship Senior Design Team Takes First Place in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition
Out of twenty four teams of undergraduate students in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), the Emory Winship Senior Design Team took home first place in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition.
Comprehensive Disaster Response: Much more than short-term humanitarian relief
Abrar Ismail and Todd Shea, professionals in the disaster response field in Pakistan, lead a presentation and lively discussion about emergency disaster response and long-term disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Ebola Lecture: Challenge and Crisis for the African Union
The Georgia Institute of Technology Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs will host a talk presented by Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety II, the U.S. Representative to the African Union, titled “Ebola: Challenge and Crisis for the African Union.
Save the Date: 2014 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference in Mexico City
The 6th annual Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference will take place June 4-5, 2014 at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, in Mexico City. The Conference will be hosted by the Trade and Logistics Innovation Center, a Georgia Tech/Tecnológico de Monterrey partnership, and co-organized by the Georgia Tech Health & Humanitarian Logistics Center and the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab. This year's conference is made possible by the generous support of the UPS Foundation and Georgia Tech.
Extreme By Design film screening, panel and workshop!
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.
Congratulations to our Health & Humanitarian Logistics series graduates for 2013!
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.
HHL Center Co-Director Dr. Julie Swann Presents at CDC Symposium on Role of "Engineering and Operations Research in Public Health"
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.
Upcoming Professional Course: "Systems Operations for Health and Humanitarian Logistics" (Sept 11-13)
Develop logistics strategies to improve preparedness, response operations planning, and system design through interactive games, case studies, and other systematic tools.
HHL Conference draws participants worldwide to address SCM in humanitarian response
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.
Online Tool Creates Catch-Up Immunization Schedules for Missed Childhood Vaccinations
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.
Professional Education Makes a Difference in Humanitarian Relief
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
Engineers Use Computer Models to Help Resource-Poor Nations Improve Allocation of Limited Health Care Resources
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.