{"54745":{"#nid":"54745","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Northrop Grumman, Georgia Tech  Support Global Public Health Mission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation today announced the formation of a University Global Alliance Program (UGAP) to unite higher education and the private sector for the purpose of accelerating the application of thought leadership to global public health informatics, policy development, strategic planning, programmatic implementation, and evaluation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFive premier organizations \u2014 Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, The Satcher Leadership Institute of Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia State University, and the Colorado School of Public Health \u2014 comprise the initial alliance membership. The universities were chosen for their innovative research in public health and their strong interest in advancing public health practice through applied technology and informatics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessors Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak, and Julie Swann, co-directors of the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center, and Professor Dave Goldsman are part of the team that will represent the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opportunities for health and humanitarian response in the world are vast. Constrained resources, uncertainty in demand and supply, and many other variables in these settings make quantitative analysis and mathematical modeling excellent tools for decision support,\u0022 said Swann. \u0022We are excited to work with the University Global Alliance Program as we continue to expand our role in research, education, and multi-organizational collaboration in the vast field of health care.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the UGAP will participate in Northrop Grumman contract work, coordinate research projects, share information and best practices, develop curricula, author joint case studies\/white papers, and benefit from learning opportunities within the public health community.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EErgun, Keskinocak, and Swann have worked on a variety of projects including disease modeling and intervention strategies, modeling and optimizing hospital\/clinic operations, healthcare policies, allocation of scarce resources for improved health outcomes and emergency response.  They have also developed and adapted methodologies for solving complex problems in health and humanitarian logistics including forecasting, mitigation strategies, inventory planning, and decentralized decision making while they mentor graduate students and develop cross-discipline research collaborations for maximum impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn March 4\u20135, 2010, the Georgia Tech team is hosting the annual Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference. The main objectives of the conference are to articulate the opportunities and challenges in humanitarian response and world health, both from a humanitarian and a corporate\/economic perspective; to identify important research issues; to create academic awareness for the research opportunities; and to establish priorities for NGOs, corporations, and the government in terms of their strategies, policies, and investments. Please visit the conference website (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2010\/\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2010\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2010\u003C\/a\u003E\/) for full details and to access the proceedings from last year\u0027s event.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Northrop Grumman has been in the health information technology domain for more than 20 years, and this is an exciting time in our nation\u0027s history for advancements in this field,\u0022 said Amy King, Northrop Grumman\u0027s vice president of health information technology programs. \u0022A critical component of applying best-of-breed techniques includes the need to access leaders in such areas as informing health economics, measuring effectiveness of public health interventions, and monitoring and evaluating programs for the sustainment of public health operations in developing areas. The availability of experts in the application of these techniques resides in both academic institutions and private industry.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman\u0027s UGAP interlocks private industry and academic capabilities to address the scarcity of public health informatics resources globally and find solutions to solve global and domestic public health problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The solutions to certain types of public health problems can be more rapidly discovered and better implemented when varied resources are brought together in a collaborative fashion,\u0022 said Nancy Nelson, director of public health for Northrop Grumman\u0027s Information Systems sector. \u0022The UGAP supports the mission of public health practice by bridging the gap between academic and industry capabilities and translating academic thinking into tangible technology solutions that address public health information management challenges.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe partnership program utilizes Northrop Grumman\u0027s Public Health Research and Demonstration Center in Atlanta, a state-of-the-art public health technology research and development facility. Through the lab, Northrop Grumman develops technology to support strategic public health initiatives, including disease surveillance such as H1N1, health data analysis and visualization, modeling and simulation of disease and climate effects, and collaboration across the global health community.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUGAP will provide students with practical experience to better prepare public health graduates entering the workforce, as well as strengthen the talent pool for public health informatics. Northrop Grumman employees will gain continuing education opportunities through the member institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman is a trusted integrator of advanced health solutions, including health and benefits systems management and information security. The company\u0027s services span the public health, healthcare delivery, and life sciences domains and include cutting-edge information exchange for electronic health records, Web-enabled workflow processing and large-scale information management.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation today announced the formation of a \nUniversity Global Alliance Program (UGAP) to unite higher education and  the private sector for the purpose of accelerating the application of thought leadership to global public health informatics, policy \ndevelopment, strategic planning, programmatic implementation, and \nevaluation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Northrop Grumman, Georgia Tech Support Global Public Health Miss"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-03-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:38","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50819":{"id":"50819","type":"image","title":"Julie Swann (left), Ozlem Ergun (center) and Pinar Keskinocak (right), co-directors at the Center of Focused Research on Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894473","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:13","alt":"Julie Swann (left), Ozlem Ergun (center) and Pinar Keskinocak (right), co-directors at the Center of Focused Research on Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","file":{"fid":"146017","name":"H_R_teamTHUMB.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37189,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg?itok=6eqR7kzZ"}},"54736":{"id":"54736","type":"image","title":"Dave Goldsman, ISyE Professor","body":null,"created":"1449175474","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:34","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21"}},"media_ids":["50819","54736"],"groups":[{"id":"1241","name":"Health Systems Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8042","name":"Ergun"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1130","name":"keskinocak"},{"id":"8886","name":"Northrop Grumman"},{"id":"167213","name":"swann"},{"id":"8883","name":"UGAP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mail\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}