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DEL.ICIO.USResearch universities boost state, officials say
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Scientists studying everything from diabetes to bird flu at the state’s four public research institutions are bringing in million of dollars in research grants, university presidents told lawmakers Monday.
The presidents of Medical College of Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia outlined research on their campuses before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Monday morning, giving an overview of economic impact and health and medical benefits for Georgians.
Mike Cassidy, head of the Georgia Research Alliance, a non-profit group that recruits top researchers to the state, said Georgia is poised to become an international leader in drug and vaccine research. Scientists at Georgia universities are already working on vaccines for AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease and Cassidy said the state should increase funding to lure more top researchers.
“We want to do the deals that grow Georgia’s economy,” he said.
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By newkid
February 13, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this
The vision that resulted in the creation of the Georgia Research Aliiance in the 1990s is indeed commendable, but we cannot be satisfied with our ‘Georgia’ efforts. If we’re to be competitive internationally, we must recognize that Georgia’s future success is deeply rooted in the success of the southeastern United States. We must now begin to reach across state political boundaries to adjoining states in the southeast and seek to grow and leverage the collective intellectual capital of the southeast US to greatly broaden our array of R & D endeavors. The southeastern United States possesses attributes that render it - in many ways - one huge economic entity. The time is NOW for REAL leaders to forge the interstate alliances necessary to catapult the region toward what it can become in the decades ahead. While it is indeed necessary to look at the Georgia slice of the pie, such myopia brings with it peril.