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By newkid

June 3, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

Maria, on any given day even the most cursory inspection of world-wide electronic news media outlets will reveal articles of the sort you can view at the link below. The sort of environmental challenges described in the article, I’m sure you’ll agree, are complementary and quite directly connected to preservation and improvement in public health.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/world/europe/03dry.html?hp

If we here in Atlanta wish to fully leverage the gains we’ve made in creating an international center for public health in a manner that would be unique in the world (and most beneficial), best we couple that focus with the coincidental creation of an international institute for environmental management research, training, and outreach. To do so most effectively will require that we reach across state lines here in the southeast to access vital academic, medical, and technical resources and expertise to complement capabilities that exist here in Georgia.

Inexplicably, the paucity of comments here suggests that there isn’t much interest in this subject matter. Pity.

By the Urban Guru

June 3, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

Emory needs to get their NCI designation , then there can be a substantive conversation about attaining global status.

By Mike Cassidy

June 4, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Maria, recently you referenced the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) in your comments about Atlanta as the crossroads of public health, and we are proud to talk about the job we are doing in building “a cluster of professional experts and outreach from Atlanta.” This model public-private partnership between Georgia research universities, business and state government helps build Georgia’s technology-rich economy in three major ways: through attracting Eminent Scholars to Georgia’s research universities; through helping create centers of research excellence and through converting research into products, services and jobs that drive the economy.

The Eminent Scholars program has recruited nearly 60 cutting-edge scientists to the state who bring with them large teams of researchers. The result is the development of technologies that are not only changing the face of global health, but also addressing energy challenges worldwide and revolutionizing the ways in which we communicate and make use of the trillions of bits of data that research creates each year.