"Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering" presents a diversity of innovative and impactful research in the field featuring contributions from leading female scientists in industry, government and academia; including an article co-authored by CHHS Director Pinar Keskinocak. The book covers a wide range of topics from optimization to human factors, and simulation, big data analysis, improving cancer treatment, sustainability in product design, and teamwork in engineering education. A total of 24 topics touch on many of the challenges facing the world today and these solutions by women researchers. Scan the picture QR code or select the link to LEARN MORE 

Spring 2020 Speakers Series– SOCIAL JUSTICE: POWER, INEQUITY, AND CHANGE

The Georgia Tech School of History and Sociology presents the spring 2020 speakers series focused on Social Justice: Power, Inequity, and Change. Join them for the following dates addressing issues of health and more:

January 13, 2020

Daniel Dawes, Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine “The Political Determinants of Health: The Quintessential Tool for Achieving Health Justice in America”

February 24, 2020

Alyasah Sewell, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology, Emory University" Hyper marginalization in Policing: The Illness Burden of Intersectional Race-Gender Disparities in Police Use of Force"

New $1.2 Million NSF Grant Aims to Improve Treatment for PTSD Patients

A new four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to a team of researchers from Georgia Tech, Emory University, and the University of Rochester will help bridge this gap by funding the development of a computational assessment toolkit for PTSD patients and clinicians, called PE Collective Sensing System (PECSS). “PECSS will allow clinicians to use automated predictions to deliver better therapeutic treatment and individualized feedback, and patients to better understand the progress they are making and how to improve their exposure exercises,” said Rosa Arriaga, a Senior Research Scientist in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing and the principal investigator on the project. READ MORE

You’re invited to apply for the Spring 2020 Adaptive Leadership Workshop. This workshop is designed to provide tenured or non-tenure track faculty and staff members with an understanding of concepts and models that will enhance leadership competencies. LEARN MORE  

New research by CHHS affiliated students and faculty utilizes innovative machine learning techniques to estimate survival curves for patients receiving an increased risk for disease transmission (IRD) heart, liver, or lung. Over 19% of deceased organ donors are labeled IRD for viral blood‐borne disease transmission. Many potential organ recipients need to decide between accepting an IRD organ offer or waiting for a non–IRD organ. The research shows that the majority of patients could have a higher 5‐year survival accepting an IRD organ offer versus waiting for a non–IRD organ.  LEARN MORE

President Ángel Cabrera initiated the process to craft a new vision and develop Georgia Tech’s next strategic plan. Georgia Tech stakeholders are all invited to engage in a community wide process to define our collective aspirations for the next decade! Learn about and participate in the planning process. LEARN MORE

Iris Tien was invited to speak on "Community Resilience" in Cairo, Egypt, at the National Academies Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, organized by the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with the Library of Alexandria and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. She spoke on "The Role of Infrastructure Systems in Community Resilience." LEARN MORE