The 11th Annual Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference
The 2019 conference in Kigali, Rwanda, focused broadly on "resilience".
Rwanda Here We Come! - 11th Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics
The aim of the 11th annual Health & Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) Conference is to provide an open forum to discuss the challenges and new solutions in disaster preparedness and response, long-term development and humanitarian aid, and global health delivery. July 10-11, 2019 | Kigali, Rwanda
Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier
Gaps in the logic of how we restock flu vaccines may be costing hundreds of lives, or more. A new model to tweak the gaps could save hundreds to hundreds-of-thousands of people and millions to multiple millions of dollars in medical costs.
Health Systems: The Next Generation 2018 Forum
Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 The Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) hosted Health Systems- The Next Generation. To watch the plenary panel session, view photos and presentations visit the Forum webpage
To Improve Patient Care, Start with the Schedule
That’s the approach followed by a collaborative team from ISyE and Shepherd Pathways
Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference Celebrates 10 Years
HHLC is one of the few conferences that brings together representatives from both health and humanitarian arenas.
Here Comes the Bus (and It’s on Time!)
ISyE Ph.D. student Amanda Chu developed a school bus routing decision tool for Denver Public Schools.
Workforce Allocation Optimization Tool Rolled Out in Three African Countries
At the core of of the WAO tool is an integer programming model, which is solved to find the best allocation of health care workers to match demand and supply.
Solving the Problem of Medical Waste
Recent ISyE graduate Can Zhang's research matches discarded medical supplies with beneficiaries in developing countries.
ISYE/CHHS Seminar - Professor Derya Demirtas
Tuesday April, 17th Professor Derya Demirtas will present on public access defibrillator location under demand and supply uncertainty. Professor Demirtas is a visiting faculty in the Industrial and Systems Engineering and in the Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. (Read more via the link above)
Pinar Keskinocak Honored with the Outstanding Professional Education Award
The Outstanding Professional Education Award recognizes a faculty member for their contribution to the field of professional education at Georgia Tech.
Valerie Thomas Honored with Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award
Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems, Valerie Thomas has been awarded the Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award by the Faculty Honors Committee.
CHHS Offers Professional Certificate Program in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management
REGISTER ONLINE: https://chhs.gatech.edu/professional-education2018 courses:Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations MAY 14-15Tactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response MAY 16-17Systems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response MAY 18-19
10th Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference (July 18-19, 2018 | Dubai UAE)
Register Now for our discounted rate by: Wednesday, April 4 2018The aim of the 10th annual Health & Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) Conference is to provide an open forum to discuss the challenges and new solutions in disaster preparedness and response, long-term development and humanitarian aid, and global health delivery. The conference platform encourages learning and collaboration within and across institutions; promotes system-wide improvements in organizations and the sector as a whole; identifies important research issues; and establishes priorities for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), corporations, and the government in terms of strategies, policies and investments.
ISyE Alumna Yuxi Wu: “Humanitarian Supply Chain Is My Passion”
In this interview, ISyE alumna Yuxi Wu talks about her particular interest in humanitarian supply chain and her current role with UNICEF in Amman, Jordan.
Collaboration Among Georgia Tech, Mass. General, Emory Researchers to Focus on Elimination of Hepatitis C
Supported by the Directorates for Engineering and Computer and Information Science and Engineering through the Smart and Connected Health initiative, the National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant over four years to a team of researchers to study the elimination of hepatitis C in the United States.
Health Systems - The Next Generation 2017 Forum
The Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) at Georgia Tech recently hosted Health Systems: The Next Generation. To review the presentations, posters and photos from the forum visit http://pwp.gatech.edu/hsng2017/
Research Helps Humanitarian Aid Organization
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified how medical surplus items can be distributed more efficiently by humanitarian organizations. Two recent articles, “Effective Medical Surplus Recovery” and “Truthful Mechanisms for Medical Surplus Product Allocation,” identify operations methodology that enables recipients to request and receive items that best match their needs.
Engineering Research Center Will Help Expand Use of Therapies Based on Living Cells
Led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, the NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) could help revolutionize the treatment of cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and other disorders by enabling broad use of potentially curative therapies that utilize living cells – such as immune cells and stem cells – as “drugs.”
National Science Foundation awards TRIPODS Institute to Georgia Tech for the establishment of the Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science
The Georgia Institute of Technology will direct a new cross-disciplinary institute established with a $1.5 million National Science Foundation award.
ISyE William W. George Chair Pinar Keskinocak Selected as COE Interim Associate Dean
Dr. Keskinocak, George Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), has been named as interim associate dean for faculty development and scholarship in the College of Engineering (CoE) Dean’s Office, effective July 1.
2017 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference Brings Together Hundreds to Affect Positive Change Across the Globe
The event drew over 200 attendees from 39 countries and 127 organizations, including non-governmental organizations and UN agencies as well as government, industry, foundations, and academia.
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.