{"64263":{"#nid":"64263","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE \/ CDC Collaboration Once Again Recognized for Immunization Scheduler","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tool that\nhas garnered much attention and won several awards has once again been\nrecognized, this time as the winner in the student category of the poster\ncompetition at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pedsresearch.org\/index.html\u0022\u003EFirst Pediatric Research Retreat\u003C\/a\u003E held in Atlanta this past January. The poster, \u201cCatch-Up Immunization Scheduling for Children and Adolescents\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u201d \u003C\/strong\u003Ewhich\nwas one among 29 posters in the competition, describes the\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ecatch-up\nimmunization scheduler developed in 2008 as part of a collaboration between the\nH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Centers\nfor Disease Control (CDC). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe catch-up immunization scheduling suite currently consisting of four decision support tools was developed by Pinar Keskinocak, the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), co-director in the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003E Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center,\u003C\/a\u003E and associate director of research in the Health Systems Institute; former ISyE Ph.D. student Faramroze Engineer (DR IE 2009); current ISyE Ph.D. student Hannah Smalley; and Dr. Larry Pickering from the CDC. Additionally, Sheila Isbell, a graduate student and researcher with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), recently joined the project, and she and her team at GTRI have been instrumental in increasing visibility of and access to these decision support tools and improving the ease of use for both professionals and parents. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe problem of constructing catch-up immunization schedules is faced regularly by health-care professionals. According to Keskinocak, the decision-support tools were developed to improve coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases for children and adults and to aid caretakers and providers in making vaccination decisions appropriately and in a timely manner. The tools developed provide a means of educating individuals regarding vaccine recommendations and construct reliable immunization schedules quickly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTimely vaccination of the pediatric population, and the design of individualized catch-up schemes if regular vaccination intervals have been missed, are essential contributors to public health,\u201d stated Dr. Richard Plemper, an assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Emory University and one of the judges in the poster competition. \u201cThe presented algorithm is thus of high significance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tools target four groups: \u0026nbsp;children through age 6, which was the focus of the winning poster; adolescents ages 7 through 18; and adults ages 19 and older in the U.S. and children and adolescents through age 19 in Canada. The tool targeting children through age 6 is freely available (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u003C\/a\u003E) and has been downloaded over 67,000 times since June 2008. An online version is planned for deployment in Spring 2011, and the tool for adolescents will be released early this year. The tool for adults is also available for download at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/schedules\/adult-schedule.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the best poster award,\nKeskinocak represented the team in accepting the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/release.php?nid=62135\u0022\u003E2010 EURO Excellence in\nPractice Award\u003C\/a\u003E this past fall for the paper titled \u201cCatch-Up Scheduling for\nChildhood Vaccination.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tool that\nhas garnered much attention and won several awards has once again been\nrecognized, this time as the winner in the student category of the poster\ncompetition at the First Pediatric Research Retreat held in Atlanta this past January. The poster, \u201cCatch-Up Immunization Scheduling for Children and Adolescents\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u201d \u003C\/strong\u003Ewhich\nwas one among 29 posters in the competition, describes the\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ecatch-up\nimmunization scheduler developed in 2008 as part of a collaboration between the\nH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Centers\nfor Disease Control.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE \/ CDC Collaboration Once Again Recognized for Immunization Scheduler"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-02-15 15:59:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60112":{"id":"60112","type":"image","title":"(From left to right) Pinar Keskinocak, Faramroze Engineer, and Larry Pickering","body":null,"created":"1449176253","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:33","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"(From left to right) Pinar Keskinocak, Faramroze Engineer, and Larry Pickering","file":{"fid":"191055","name":"EURO_AWARD_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":729095,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EURO_AWARD_0_0.jpg?itok=UhkfC6nT"}},"64182":{"id":"64182","type":"image","title":"Sheila Isbell (right), Georgia Tech Research Institute, accepts poster award from Paul Spearman, MD, and Barbara Stoll, MD, Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta.","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894564","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:44","alt":"Sheila Isbell (right), Georgia Tech Research Institute, accepts poster award from Paul Spearman, MD, and Barbara Stoll, MD, Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta.","file":{"fid":"191962","name":"2011_Research_Retreat_Sheila_Isbell.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_Research_Retreat_Sheila_Isbell_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2011_Research_Retreat_Sheila_Isbell_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2915766,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2011_Research_Retreat_Sheila_Isbell_0.jpg?itok=8BB2ZYck"}},"64183":{"id":"64183","type":"image","title":"Winning Poster: Catch-Up Immunization Scheduling For Children and Adolescents.","body":null,"created":"1449176735","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:35","changed":"1475894564","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:44","alt":"Winning Poster: Catch-Up Immunization Scheduling For Children and Adolescents.","file":{"fid":"191963","name":"schedulerPoster_pedRetreat.PNG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schedulerPoster_pedRetreat_0.PNG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schedulerPoster_pedRetreat_0.PNG","mime":"image\/png","size":1989222,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/schedulerPoster_pedRetreat_0.PNG?itok=71Uykhea"}}},"media_ids":["60112","64182","64183"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"123","name":"CDC"},{"id":"11930","name":"Childhood Scheduler"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"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=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}