eRoundup for 07/24/08
Atlanta Clinical & Translational
Science Institute
Weekly eRoundup
July 23, 2008
Due to the timing of the first two eRoundup events, this edition is coming early this week. Next week's eRoundup should be back to its normal schedule.
Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Master of Public Health Program presents a Public Health Noon Seminar today, Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 12:00- 1:00pm at the NCPC Building -- Room 306. The discussion topic is Management of Mass Casualties from Radiation Injuries with guest speaker Paul A. Charp, Ph.D., a Senior Health Physicist from the CDC/ATSDR.
Proposal Writing for Community-Based Organizations - Brenda D. Hayes, MSW, MPH, DSW will present this program on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at the Morehouse School of Medicine, NCPC-104 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The event is sponsored by Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI).
Please RSVP by July 24, 200 by contacting Judy Simmons at 404-752-1101
Seating Is Limited - please see attached flyer
Atlanta Business Chronicle
July 18, 2008
For top doctors, Grady has been proving ground
The number of patients, diversity of illnesses, autonomy in the decision-making process and outstanding faculty members from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital provide a setup for training that "is just unrivaled at other metropolitan hospitals," says Emory School of Medicine graduate Charles Clifton. "It's really one of the great training hospitals in the country," said Dr. Art Kellermann, professor of emergency medicine at Emory who also did his residency at the downtown Atlanta facility. (Link taken from July 18, 2008 edition of Emory in the News, ABC )
Atlanta Business Chronicle
July 18, 2008
Children's Healthcare plans $2.5B expansion Children's Healthcare of Atlanta plans to invest about $2.5 billion. The decade-long investment involves physical expansions and strategic moves that would position Children's as a research powerhouse and ensure a future physician supply. The hospital system will also spend $430 million to seed a partnership with Emory University and Georgia Tech to develop new medical technologies, medications and therapies. (Link taken from July 18, 2008 edition of Emory in the News, ABC)
A quote from one of our very own
The Associated Press (reported at The New York Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, GMA News, Phillipines, eWoss.com) July 23, 2008
TB rates higher for immigrants
Dr. Henry Blumberg of Emory University's medical school, said the research shows "that it's in the interest of the United States to try to enhance global TB efforts.''
Links taken from July 23, 2008 edition of Emory in the News: