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2007 Archives
First group of state health directors study emergency preparedness in Israel in wake of increased global terrorism
1/3/2007
Georgia International Law Enforcement ExchangeNine high ranking state health department directors studied emergency preparedness techniques in Israel via a new exchange program through the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE). Although GILEE has sent fourteen delegations of law enforcement officials, this delegation is the first group of top health officials to participate in GILEE training. (Read more and link the rest of the article.)
The health directors, from seven states, are all members of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. In addition, the delegation includes the Executive Director and a Senior Director of ASTHO. The delegation focused on emergency preparedness and shared homeland security elements with respect to interagency cooperation concerning public health.
"Contemporary terrorism poses a threat to public safety in a variety of mass casualty events. Whether conventional or non-conventional in nature, these threats require appropriate preparedness in the area of evacuation, emergency room surges, mass casualty treatment, and readying for a possible pandemic attacks," says Dr. Robbie Friedmann, professor and founder of GILEE.
"More than ever before it is important to understand how to improve cooperation across a multitude of public safety and public health organizations. This delegation will bring back the Israeli experience and apply what they’ve observed to improve preparedness efforts to their respective states in the U.S,"
The exchange program, which was founded in 1992 by Dr. Friedmann in the Georgia State University Department of Criminal Justice, provides senior law enforcement officers with professional training opportunities in policing techniques from peers abroad.
2006 Archives
Georgia State University Takes Athletes’ Research to the Streets
12/12/2006
Georgia State University’s Institute of Public Health and School of Health Professions are taking their research to the streets of Atlanta this spring when the university partners with the new ING Georgia Marathon to conduct collaborative research on athletes and their motivations, training practices and recovery times.
Georgia State plans to observe the “weekend” athletes’ preparation for the marathon, making this a unique study as previous athletic training research focused on elite athletes with their teams of experts. The Georgia State research team includes Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Martin, a well-known expert in methods for improving the performance of elite athletes, and Dan Benardot, associate professor of nutrition and dietitian to 1996 and 2004 Olympic Athletes. Martin and Benardot were instrumental in the silver and bronze medal placements of the men’s and women’s marathon teams in the 2006 Athens Olympic Games.
The Georgia State research team is creating an interdisciplinary questionnaire to gather training data on participant recreational athletes as well as baseline health information and environmental exposure such as whether or not a person has asthma, what is their typical diet, where do they train (weekends and weekdays) and how long of a recovery period they expect to require after running their event. Study participants will have additional opportunities to complete other post-race questionnaires for training evaluation and receive feedback from researchers.
The inaugural running of the ING Georgia Marathon, which includes a half-marathon and a wheelchair race, is slated for March 25, 2007 and is expected to draw up to 15,000 runners.
J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture speaker resonates with audience
10/27/2006
Dr. Helene D. Gayle, President of CARE USA, presented the 4th Annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture on October 26, 2006, to the largest group of lecture attendees to date. Gayle, who spoke on the issue of HIV/AIDS and their impact on women and children worldwide, addressed over 265 alumni, donors, faculty, staff, and students. She also took questions from the audience following the lecture. Many participants commented on the relevance of Dr. Gayle’s speech, and students were pleased with her willingness to answer their questions.
CARE is one of the world’s premier international relief organizations, with programs in over 70 countries. CARE assists millions of people in recovery from natural disasters, prevention of HIV/AIDS, and gaining access to healthcare, education, safe water, and improved sanitation.
Dr. Gayle, who is a board certified pediatrician, has had an impressive career at numerous public health and social service agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank, and UNAIDS. Immediately prior to her position at CARE, she was the Director of the HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Selection is underway for the 2007 Haverty Lecture speaker.
Mayor of Atlanta Addresses Annual Project Healthy Grandparents Luncheon
10/26/2006
Georgia State’s Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG) honored grandparents raising grandchildren during its annual luncheon for grandparents raising grandchildren. Keynote speaker, City of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, addressed over 185 grandparents, donors, and university faculty and staff. In addition, Dr. Claire Coles and The Marcus Institute were recognized for their contributions to Project Healthy Grandparents.
PHG, established in 1995 by Dr. Susan Kelley, dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, provides grandparents with resources to aid in raising grandchildren and has served more than 550 families, including over 1,250 children. Project Healthy Grandparents has been replicated at the University of Georgia, Valdosta State University, and the Medical College of Georgia, as well as nationally at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.
10/23/2006
Dr. Jim Wolk, School of Social Work, Frankie V. Adams Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Dr. Jim Wolk, Professor and Past School of Social Work Director, was recipient of the Frankie V. Adams Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Assoc of Social Workers – Georgia (NASW-GA). Jim was honored at the NASW – GA state conference luncheon. He was selected for this award based upon:
- Service to the Profession
- Lasting Contributions to Social Work
- Outstanding Achievements
In introducing Jim, current School of Social Work Director Dr. Nancy Kropf commented on his:
- Leadership and creativity as Founding Director of the Master of Social Work program at Georgia State University.
- Record of instruction, teaching and scholarship within the school and college
- Commitment to the profession of social work, having served as president of the Missouri Chapter of NASW as well as holding several leadership roles in Georgia
Congratulations, Jim! The School of Social Work celebrates your many accomplishments and your leadership to our profession!
5/11/2006
The Board of Regents recently allocated $859,487 to Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing
The Board of Regents recently allocated $859,487 to Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing as part of a major new University System initiative to address the statewide shortage of nurses and nurse educators.
Part of the funding -- $400,000 -- has been allocated to the undergraduate accelerated nursing program. The remaining $459,487 will enable Georgia State to partner with five other USG institutions to establish a statewide web-enhanced doctoral program (Ph.D.) in nursing. This will enable Georgia State courses to be taught via distance education technology on the campuses of the four partner institutions: Armstrong Atlantic State University, Georgia College & State University, Georgia Southwestern State University, and Valdosta State University. Georgia State is currently only one of three universities statewide to offer a Ph.D. in nursing.
7/6/2006
Dr. Nancy P. Kropt and Dr. Barbara C. Woodring appointed as directors of Social Work and Nursing
The College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia State University is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Nancy P. Kropf as professor and director of the School of Social Work at Georgia State University and Dr. Barbara C. Woodring as professor and director of the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, both effective July 2006.
Dr. Kropf has a Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University, M.S.W. from Michigan State University, and B.A. from Hope College. For the past sixteen years, Dr. Kropf has been a faculty member in the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia where she held numerous administrative roles within the School, Gerontology Center, and Central Administration.
Dr. Kropf holds memberships in several social work and aging organizations. She is a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, and a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar (Cohort I). In addition, she is past president of AGE – SW (Association for Gerontology Education – Social Work), a program of merit reviewer for the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), visiting endowed chair of gerontology at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada, and the Cecil & Ida Green Honor’s Professor at Texas Christian University. She was also the co-PI of an intervention program for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren which was funded by the State of Georgia. She has numerous publications that have been published in the social work and gerontology literatures, and two edited text books.
Dr. Barbara C. Woodring has been appointed director of the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing. Dr. Woodring, who will replace the retiring Dr. Alice Demi, comes to Georgia State University with outstanding nursing education experience. She was most recently the associate dean of undergraduate programs in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Woodring has also held administrative and teaching positions at several prominent universities including the Medical College of Georgia, Rush University, and Northwestern University. She began her nursing career at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Woodring has numerous publications to her credit and she frequently co-authored with nursing colleagues from around the country. She has authored three books, 10 book chapters and dozens of journal articles. A pediatric nurse by training, Dr. Woodring has shared her expertise through consulting and mentoring nurses and nursing students around the world from Hong Kong to Uganda. She is community-minded as well; she has been a member of the Red Cross Disaster/Trauma Team since 1969.
Dr. Woodring holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Ball State University, three master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Ball State University, and St. Francis College. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Grace College in Indiana.
The 14th Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) delegation recently returned from a productive training program in Israel
7/1/2006
The 17-member delegation was composed of 13 chiefs and law enforcement agency heads/directors, 3 sheriffs (all from Georgia) and the chief of Miami, Florida Police Department.
In Israel the officers unexpectedly met up with a 10-member bipartisan delegation of Georgia legislators . It was beneficial for the legislators to learn first-hand of the long-standing valuable law enforcement exchanges between Georgia and Israel, and for the officers to see their elected officials learning first hand of the challenges a democracy faces under threats of terror and war.
The Institute of Public Health congratulates its first graduating Master of Public Health class
9/5/2006
The quartet of student received their MPH degrees during the spring commencement ceremony. At least four more students are expected to graduate from the program at the end of summer semester. The first graduates are (from left to right): Satvinder “Pearly” Dhingra, Sharon Pritchett, Denyse Nanan, and Ahmed El-Seddawy.
Dr. Michael Eriksen, director of the Institute of Public Health, delivered the commencement address at the College of Health and Human Sciences graduation Saturday, December 17, 2005. Dr. Eriksen came to Georgia State University to head the new the Institute of Public Health in 2002.
Previously Dr. Eriksen was Director of the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has filled a key position in developing tobacco control policy for the United States. He was also a distinguished consultant for the CDC assigned to WHO. Dr. Eriksen has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles and is co-author of The Tobacco Atlas, published by the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2004, the Georgia Cancer Coalition designated him as a Distinguished Cancer Scholar.
“Say ahhh!”
A group of faculty and students in the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing at Georgia State University recently gave physicals to about 100 homeless children during the annual Children’s Restoration Network (CRN) back-to-school program. Back-to-school physicals are a hassle for most parents and are particularly troublesome for many low-income parents.
For the past decade, the Health and Wellness Collaborative, a group of nursing faculty in the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, have coordinated with CRN to provide physicals. This August a group of nursing faculty, undergraduates and graduate students gave physicals at the Atlanta Union Mission’s My Sister’s House. Nursing students receive clinical experience credit and the opportunity to work directly with a large group of children.
“The work of the Health and Wellness Collaborative is an excellent clinical opportunity for our students as well as a practice opportunity for the faculty,” says Myra Carmon, associate professor of nursing.
2005 Archives
The Force of Music: A Salute to GILEE
On October 27, Georgia State University’s Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) with support from the Georgia State School of Music and the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts presented the Israel Chamber Orchestra in the concert, The Force of Music: A Salute to GILEE. Organized by Dr. Robbie Friedmann, founder and director of GILEE, the concert was a fundraising event for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange and was the only public performance by the orchestra in Atlanta.
The day before the concert, soloist Amit Peledconducted a master class at the School of Music. Three Georgia State cello students, James Burch, David Reader and Mary Beth Hussey performed with Peled in the studio of Martha Gerschefski, artist-in-residence, cello. “To be taught by a great artist in front of an audience of your peers is both exhilarating and terrifying…[Peled] was at times very demanding of me and the other two cellists who played, but the results were amazing…” said Burch.
In addition, a group of 15 music students attended an open rehearsal of the Chamber Orchestra the morning of the concert. Students were also invited to attend a post-concert reception to meet the artists.
The concert brought together the unlikely combination of music and law enforcement, with many officials from federal, state and local agencies attending the performance. In fact, several concert goers noticed the increased police presence and many commented that they felt quite secure to be downtown at the event and were reminded of the security surrounding the Atlanta Olympics.
Friedmann, professor of criminal justice and founder and director of GILEE, said “We had a first rate concert that benefited GILEE and enabled us to get closer to our objective of establishing an endowed chair for GILEEin Public Safety Partnerships at Georgia State University.I also wish to thank our co-chairs and honorary co-chairs for lending their support to the event.”
Dr. Carl Patton, president of Georgia State University and Shirley Franklin, mayor of Atlanta both served as honorary co-chairs for the event. Event co-chairs came from the ranks of local city leaders and law enforcement including: George Coleman, Chief, Fulton County Police Department; Stephen Klein, Chairman, President & CEO, Omni Bank; Richard Pennington, Chief, Atlanta Police Department; A.J. Robinson, President, Central Atlanta Progress.
Annual Project Healthy Grandparents Luncheon Celebrates 10 Years of Service
Georgia State University’s Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary during the annual luncheon for grandparents raising grandchildren. Over 150 grandparents, donors, PHG staff, and other university personnel attended the celebration, highlighted by a keynote speech from State Senator Emanuel Jones. Senator Jones, a successful local businessman, was raised by his grandmother. In addition, Dr. Carl Patton issued a proclamation declaring September 13, 2005, as Project Healthy Grandparents Day at Georgia State University.
PHG, established in 1995 by Dr. Susan Kelley, dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, provides grandparents with resources to aid in raising grandchildren. Many of the grandparents live on fixed incomes and have health problems of their own. Project Healthy Grandparents has provided health care services, social work case management services, parenting education classes, grandparent support group meetings, children’s programs, and legal service referrals to more than 500 families, including over 1,150 children. All PHG services are provided free of charge to families for one year, and transportation is offered to monthly meetings and social events. Project Healthy Grandparents has been replicated at the University of Georgia, Valdosta State University, and the Medical College of Georgia, as well as nationally at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.
On July 1, the College of Health and Human Sciences reorganized three units into the School of Health Professions
The school encompasses the Divisions of Nutrition, Physical Therapy and Respiratory Therapy and will be led by Dr. Lynda Goodfellow as Director. Dr. Goodfellow previously served as the acting chair for the former Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences. Dr. Missy Cody and Dr. Leslie Taylor will serve as division heads for nutrition and physical therapy, respectively.
The School of Health Professions will offer bachelor’s degrees in nutrition and respiratory therapy, a master’s degree in health sciences with a concentration in nutrition or respiratory therapy, and a doctorate in physical therapy. In addition, the school will continue to offer the dietetic internship program.
3rd Annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture
Dr. Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund for the past decade, was selected as the speaker for the 3rd annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture held on October 27, 2005. Davis is a widely respected economist, specializing in health policy, financing, and research. She served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to her work at Johns Hopkins, Davis was the deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1977 to 1980 and was the first woman to lead a U.S. public health service agency. Davis has published numerous articles and books on health and social policy issues. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1975 and also has served two terms on the governing council. Davis is a distinguished fellow of Academy Health and is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
A former assistant professor of economics at Rice University, Davis has also served as a visiting lecturer at Harvard University and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. Davis received her Ph.D. in economics from Rice University.
The Commonwealth Fund is a national philanthropy organization that conducts independent research on health and policy. The Haverty Lecture series, named in honor of Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty — the founding dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences — features distinguished speakers in the areas of health and human services.
The National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren hosted a well-received symposium “A Second Chance for Children: Embracing the Future” in May, 2005
The National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren hosted a well-received symposium “A Second Chance for Children: Embracing the Future” in May, 2005, drawing 215 participants from 30 states. The symposium highlighted the growing trend of children being raised by their grandparents. Over 4 million children currently live in grandparent-headed households without a parent present, four times as many children than who live in formal foster care settings. Children raised by grandparents are twice as likely to face life in poverty as those raised by their parents because many grandparent caregivers are retired and living on fixed incomes themselves. Featured speakers included well-known author and children's expert Geoffrey Canada, President/CEO, the Harlem Children's Zone; public health expert Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H., University of California-Berkeley; child abuse trauma expert, John Briere, Ph.D., Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; and Renette Oklewicz, who presented on the funding priorities for the Freddie Mac Foundation including its national adoption promotion program, Wednesday's Child. The symposium participants included academics, researchers, policy makers, and varied practitioners. Many participants praised the caliber of presenters and the cutting edge information disseminated on best practices in service provision to grandparent-headed families. “Grandparents are keeping families together and out of our overburdened foster care system. This symposium is addressing the needs of two of our most fragile populations, the elderly and the forgotten children for which they care,” says Mitchem. Georgia State has been a pioneer in serving the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren with the founding ten years ago of Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG). PHG founder and director, Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D., added advocacy, policy-making and site replication as a focus with the founding of the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren four years ago. The National Center's mission is to improve the well-being of children raised by grandparents by promoting the best practices in service delivery and by fostering research that is relevant to the formation of sound public policy. The National Center strives to educate professionals on the needs of grandparent-headed families and to replicate the best practices of Project Healthy Grandparents on a national basis."
Dr. Robbie Friedmann, professor of criminal justice, received the Humanitarian Award for 2005 by the Governors Commission on the Holocaust during a ceremony at the Capitol on May 6. The special ceremony was in conjunction with the Days of Remembrance Observance with remembers victims of the Holocaust. The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust is charged with holding a suitable memorial and remembrance observance annually and with encouraging communities throughout the state to hold such remembrance observances. The ceremony coincided with similar programs held nationally and internationally."
High-Ranking Chinese Police Study U.S. Law Enforcement Techniques, January 2005
The Department of Criminal Justice hosted six high ranking police officials from the People's Republic of China. This is the first delegation from China to participate in the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) program. The officers received training from state and federal law enforcement agencies to study to drug interdiction and Olympic security, which will aid Chinese public safety official as they prepare to provide security for the Beijing’s 2008 Olympics. During the three-day program, the Chinese delegation was briefed on U.S. law enforcement by Dr. Richard Terrill and visited the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, meeting with GBI Director Vernon Keenan; the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, meeting Director Dale Mann; the Georgia State Patrol, meeting Colonel Bill Hitchens; and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, where Special Agent in Charge Sherri Strange briefed them on the drug problem in the U.S. and in the Southeast. They reviewed the 1996 Olympic Bombing and also had the opportunity to meet Governor Sonny Perdue prior to a send-off reception sponsored by the Home Depot and UPS. Dr. Robbie Friedmann, founding director of GILEE, was pleased with the Chinese delegation’s visit. “The success of this visit insures a continued exchange of police executives between the U.S. and China. Plans are being outlined for future exchanges between the U.S. and China,” he says. GILEE has coordinated similar collaborations between police organizations from six additional U.S. states and five additional countries including Austria, Canada, Hungary, Israel, and Japan."
CDC DIRECTOR SPEAKS TO COLLEGE COMMUNITY [December 9, 2004]
Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, delivered the second annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture in October. Dr. Gerberding spoke to an ecletic group of alumni, donors, faculty, staff, students and friends of the College of Health and Human Sciences on “Protecting Our Children's Health in a Small and Transforming World.” This lecture series, named in honor of Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty the founding dean of the college, features distinguished speakers in the areas of health and human services.
Dr. Gerberding, the first woman to lead the Atlanta-based CDC, was selected as the 2004 speaker of the annual series due to her prominence in the field of public health. She has spent the past six years of her career at the CDC. Dr. Gerberding was appointed Director of the CDC and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in 2002. Prior to her work at the CDC, Dr. Gerberding, taught at the University of California at San Francisco. photo gallery
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN UPDATED [January 14, 2005] Click here for more information
MARSHALL L. BOWIE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 25 [January 18, 2005]
Applications are now available online for the 2005-2006 Marshall L. Bowie College of Health and Human Sciences Scholarship. Copies are also available in the Office of Academic Assistance, Room 845 Urban Life. The application deadline is Friday, February 25, 2005.
Two $2,000 scholarships are awarded annually to full-time students in the college. The awards are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Selection priority is given for academic record, financial need, community service, and College of Health and Human Sciences/Georgia State University involvement. Students must submit a personal statement and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member with their application. Download Application
2004 Archives
School of Social Work welcomes New York Times Reporter [October 19, 2004]
On October 28, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. in the Kopleff Recital Hall in the Arts and Humanities building, the School of Social Work will present New York Times reporter Jason DeParle. DeParle, who has covered welfare for the past 10 years and is the author of the new book American Dream: Ten Children, Three Women and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare will be speaking on the issue of welfare reform. DeParle's book examines the lives of three women in one extended family as they transition off the welfare rolls, trying to answer the question, “Did 'ending welfare as we know it' work?” DeParle chronicles the struggles and triumphs of these women as they meet the challenges of raising their children, finding employment, battling addiction and poverty. This event is open to the university community. For more information, contact Dr. Elizabeth Beck at (404) 651-0309 or ebeck@gsu.edu.
Nursing School receives additional ICAPP funding [September 21, 2004]
The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing has received additional ICAPP funding for expanding the nursing degree program. The Board of Regents is providing $259,678 of additional funding to the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing to support the continuation and expansion of the accelerated bachelor’s degree program.
This award partners Georgia State with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Hospital, and Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Each participating healthcare system is providing matching financial support for the nursing program and has agreed to hire 10 graduates of the accelerated program. The ICAPP funding will provide partial support for two full-time faculty members and supply financial assistance to cover the cost of additional part-time clinical instructors.
FOUNDING DEAN RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE [August 19, 2004]
J. Rhodes Haverty, M.D., the founding dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, was awarded an honorary doctoral degree during the summer semester commencement ceremony. Haverty, who also presented the keynote speech, continues to be involved in the college and Georgia State University since his retirement in 1991.
Haverty opened the School of Health Sciences in 1968. During his tenure graduates of the college constituted significant portions of the nurses and heath care professionals in metro Atlanta. He continues to serve the College of Health and Human Sciences as member of the Board of Advisors.
CDC DIRECTOR SELECTED AS 2004 J. RHODES HAVERTY LECTURE SPEAKER [August 5, 2004]
Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will deliver the lecture at the second annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture Series, on October 14, 2004. Dr. Gerberding, the first women to lead the Atlanta-based CDC, will speak on “Public Health Policy to Improve Children's Health.”
Dr. Gerberding was selected as the 2004 speaker of the annual series due to her prominence in the field of health and human sciences. She has spent the past six years of her career at the CDC. Dr. Gerberding was appointed Director of the CDC and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in 2002. Prior to her work at the CDC, Dr. Gerberding, taught at the University of California at San Francisco.
The annual lecture series, named in honor of Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty the founding dean of the college, features distinguished speakers in the areas of health and human services. For more information on this event, email aarnold@gsu.edu.
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD HAVE BEEN RECENTLY EXPANDED [July 26, 2004]
For undergraduate students on Pell Grants, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is available for up to $5000 to study abroad during the upcoming academic year. For more information on this as well as other study abroad programs visit: http://www.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwoia/StudyAbroad/scholarships.htm
ADVANCED MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ONLINE COURSE DURING FALL 2004 [July 26, 2004]
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences (Respiratory Therapy) will offer HHS 3010 – Advanced Medical Terminology (3 credits) during the Fall 2004 semester. This course is the continuation of HHS 2010. Review of medical terminology as it pertains to the body systems that were covered in HHS 2010 with emphasis on developing an understanding of the pathological terminology used in the individual medical specialties. This course is required for Nutrition majors and would be a great upper division elective for other majors. Basic Medical Terminology is a prerequisite (HHS 2010) for this course or nutrition major. Syllabus Available. This course is open to all majors.
BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ONLINE COURSE DURING FALL 2004 [July 26, 2004]
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences (Respiratory Therapy) will offer HHS 2010 – Basic Medical Terminology (3 credits) during the Fall 2004 semester. This is a course offered completely online, and designed to provide an understanding of medical terminology, using root words, prefixes and suffixes. Such a course would be helpful for anyone going into a medical or related field.
This course is open to all majors. Syllabus Available.
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY IS THE FIRST PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN GEORGIA TO BE GRANTED THE DPT (DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY) DEGREE (May 26, 2004)
We will commence accepting DPT students with the class of 2008 in Fall 2005. Applications for the first DPT class commencing in Fall semester 2005 will be available July 1. Applicants are encouraged to check the web site after June 1, regarding changing of degree requirements and pre-requisites. Planned DPT Curriculum
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
Georgia State University's Department of Physical Therapy will be hosting "Evidence Based Practice" clinical presentations, Case Studies & Poster Presentations on Friday April 23, 2004 from 9:00 am - 3:00pm. Location: The University Center rooms 460, 465, 480 & 485, The Court Salon, 1st floor, Student Center
TYLENOL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN HEALTH- RELATED FIELDS
Deadline: April 30, 2004
McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, makers of the Tylenol® family of products, and Scholarship America are accepting applications for the 2004 Tylenol® Scholarship program. In 2004, the program will award ten scholarships of $10,000 each and 150 $1,000 scholarships to students who demonstrate leadership in school and community activities and who major or intend to major in an area that will lead to a career in a health-related field.
Scholarships, which are awarded in conjunction with local retailers, are available to all U.S. residents pursuing health-related fields at a post-high school level. Winners will be selected on the basis of demonstrated leadership in community and school activities, grade point average, and intended focus on healthcare-related areas of study.
For additional information and an application form, see the Tylenol® Web site. RFP Link: http://tylenolscholarship.com/.
JOINT PROGRAM FOR CLINICIANS (March 24, 2004)
North Georgia College and Georgia State will be hosting a joint program for clinicians on April 30th. To attend please call (706) 864 -1422
BYRDINE F. LEWIS SCHOOL OF NURSING RECEIVES FUNDING FOR ACCELERATED DEGREE PROGRAM (February 12, 2004)
The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing received a $528,000 grant from the Tenet Healthcare Foundation of Georgia, allowing the college to move forward in expanding its accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (BSN). The accelerated nursing program will use the grant money to help pay for new faculty members to teach the college's rapidly increasing number of accelerated nursing students.
The grant allows Georgia State University to directly combat the state's critical nursing shortage - the residency vacancy rate at Georgia hospitals remains at 14%; experts expect this number to worsen dramatically over the next ten years. The intensive, full-time accelerated nursing program graduates its students in four semesters rather than the usual six, placing its graduates into the workforce more quickly. The program's students are highly motivated - most of those enrolled in the program already hold undergraduate degrees from other disciplines. Georgia State University is the first college in the state to receive approval for an accelerated bachelor's degree program.
MARSHALL L. BOWIE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 5 (January 25, 2004)
Applications are now available online for the 2004-2005 Marshall L. Bowie College of Health and Human Sciences Scholarship. Copies are also available in the Office of Academic Assistance, Room 845 Urban Life. The application deadline is Friday, March 5, 2004.
Two $2,000 scholarships are awarded annually to full-time students in the college. The awards are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Selection priority is given for academic record, financial need, community service, and College of Health and Human Sciences/Georgia State University involvement. Students must submit a letter of recommendation from a faculty member with their application.
GEORGIA STATE RECEIVES BOARD OF REGENTS APPROVAL FOR MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE (January 15, 2004)
The Board of Regents granted approval to the Georgia State University Institute of Public Health to offer a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. The degree is the first to be offered by a public university in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
The first MPH class of approximately 30 students is expected to begin the degree program in Fall 2004. Currently, a graduate-level certificate program is offered, with over 60 students enrolled. Because the certificate program curriculum was created as a precursor to the MPH degree, students in the certificate program will be able to transfer credit hours to the degree program. In addition, the certificate will continue to be offered for graduate students who wish to gain a background in public health without the additional requirements of a degree.
For more information on the MPH degree and the Institute of Public Health, click here.
2003 Archives
FIRST GROUP OF ACCELERATED NURSING STUDENTS GRADUATE (December 11, 2003)
The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing is graduating its first class of accelerated Bachelor of Science degree students in December. The accelerated program is the first of its kind to be launched in Georgia. Twenty-eight nursing students in the accelerated program in Fall Semester 2002. Twenty-four of these students will graduate at fall semester's end, with the remaining four scheduled to graduate in spring semester semester. These students, along with six additional traditional track students and four RN-BSN students, will receive their nursing pins at a special ceremony on December 17.
The accelerated program is designed to graduate nurses in four consecutive semesters, following completion of all pre-professional core course work. This allows Georgia State to make an impact on the critical nursing shortage in Georgia. A strong college-level science background is required for admission and many of the program's students already hold undergraduate degrees in other areas, and a few hold masters degrees.
"WHAT IS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST?" - OPEN HOUSE (October 8, 2003)
"What is a Respiratory Therapist" Join us for an Open House on Wednesday October 22, 2003 at 2:00 pm, 460 University Center.
Learn what the job market is for Respiratory Therapists. Get to know the profession and participate in demonstrations of equipment. Get answers about the Respiratory Therapy program at GSU. Meet the Faculty and Respiratory Therapy Students.
Hosted by: Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences, Respiratory Therapy Prgram, Georgia State University.
"Light refreshments will be served"
To RSVP, please call the department at (404) 651-3037 or e-mail at respiratory@gsu.edu
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOPULMONARY CARE SCIENCES RANKED NUMBER ONE (September 24, 2003)
A nationwide survey conducted by the University of Texas, San Antonio, ranked Georgia State University's Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences Number One for best Bachelor's Degree program in respiratory therapy.
The survey is a ranking of respiratory therapy programs by program directors at peer institutions and similar to a "coaches' poll" in sports. While not a scientific survey, this ranking demonstrates Georgia State's top name recognition in field of respiratory therapy. Congratulations to the Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences!
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES TO LAUNCH LECTURE SERIES IN HONOR OF FOUNDING DEAN (August 25, 2003)
The College of Health and Human Sciences is celebrating its 35th anniversary with the inauguration of a lecture series named in honor of Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty, the founding dean of the college.
The series, which will feature distinguished speakers in the areas of health and human services, presents Dr. Richard Krugman, dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine as the first lecturer. Dr. Krugman will speak on Children's Health Issues, Policies and Practices: The U.S. and Abroad. The lecture will be held on October 2, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Speakers' Auditorium and is open to the public.
DEKALB DA TO TEACH GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSE (August 8, 2003)
DeKalb County District Attorney J. Tom Morgan has agreed to teach an evening legal course for the Department of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University. Morgan will teach the undergraduate course "Legal Issues in Law Enforcement" and share his 20 + years of experience as a prosecutor in DeKalb County.
Morgan, who joined the District Attorney's office in 1983, has personally prosecuted over 1,000 felony cases and tried over 80 felony criminal jury trials. In the summer of 2002, Morgan was the lead prosecutor in the murder trial of Sidney Dorsey, former DeKalb County Sheriff. Dorsey was convicted of the murder of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown.
SCHOOL OF NURSING NAMED FOR MOTHER OF BANK OF AMERICA'S CEO (August 2, 2003)
The School of Nursing was named for Byrdine F. Lewis, the mother of Bank of America Chairman and CEO Ken Lewis, in a special ceremony on August 2. Mr. Lewis honored his mother, a retired nurse, with a $2.5 million gift to the school. Lewis cited the national issue of the nursing shortage and his own mother's dedication to the field as the impetus for the donation. Mrs. Lewis, who retired in 1991, worked as nurse for 46 years at the Medical Center Hospital of Columbus, Perry Memorial Hospital and several other medical facilities outside the state of Georgia.
The $2.5 million gift will establish the Byrdine F. Lewis Endowment, providing funding for faculty enrichment, nursing excellence, faculty research and student scholarships. A portion of the gift has also been earmarked for the future science teaching laboratory building. A more detailed description of the naming can be found on the university's web site.
CARDIOPULMONARY OFFERS ONLINE COURSE DURING FALL 2003 (July 16, 2003)
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences (Respiratory Therapy) will offer HHS 2010 - Medical Terminology (3 credits) during the Fall 2003 semester. This is a course offered completely online, and designed to provide an understanding of medical terminology, using root words, prefixes and suffixes. Such a course would be helpful for anyone going into a medical or related field.
This course is open to all majors. Syllabus Available
SERVICE CANCELABLE LOANS (June 1, 2003)
There is $50,000 available in Service Cancelable loans for THIS fiscal year- must be expended by 6/30/03. Information may be obtained at www.gsfc.org. If assistance is needed regarding these loans, please contact Mr. David Bledsoe (dbledsoe@gsu.edu or 404-651-1581) in Financial Aid at GSU.
DR. VAUGHN APPOINTED CHAIRPERSON (April 15, 2003)
Congratulations to Dr. Michael S. Vaughn, associate professor, who has been appointed as chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice, effective July 1. Dr. Vaughn served as acting chair for the department during the past year.
NUTRITION PROFESSOR WINS A SPARKS AWARD (April 15, 2003)
Congratulations to Dr. Missy Cody, associate professor, who was presented a 2003 Sparks Award on April 16. The Sparks Awards have been presented for 19 years to faculty, staff and students in recognition of their hard work, perseverance, courtesy and a demonstrated willingness to go the extra mile.
CARDIOPULMONARY OFFERS ONLINE COURSE DURING 2003 SUMMER (Apr 8, 2003)
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences (Respiratory Therapy) will offer HHS 2010 - Medical Terminology (3 credits) during the Summer 2003 semester. This is a course offered completely online, and designed to provide an understanding of medical terminology, using root words, prefixes and suffixes. Such a course would be helpful for anyone going into a medical or related field.
This course is open to all majors.
HONORS DAY 2003 (Mar 27, 2003)
The College of Health and Human Sciences will honor students and community partners on April 23 at 3:00 p.m. in the Speaker's Auditorium. Honorees, faculty and staff should received their invitations during the first week of April. Please RSVP by April 16, 2003.
RT 1010 - CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) SUMMER COURSE OFFERING (Mar 13, 2003)
This American Heart Association certified course, taught partly online, will award a BCLS certification in CPR for successful completion. Note: This course is open to all majors.
RHO TAU PRESENT AUTHOR GARY KARP'S LIFE ON WHEELS (Mar 10, 2003)
Gary Karp, author of Life on Wheels, will speak on healthy living with paralysis, Wednesday, March 12 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 480 of the University Center. Karp, who sustained a spinal cord injury in 1973 after falling 25 feet from a tree, hopes to turn the common perceptions of life with a disability upside down-one person at a time.
"Having a disability today is simply not the horribly limiting experience most people imagine," says Karp. "I had a tragic experience when I was 18 but it doesn't make me a tragic person now."
Telling his own story of injury and rehabilitation, Karp shares his personal and professional journey of adjustment, breaking through the negative social assumptions about disability. He explores the innate and universal drive in all people to strive for the most in their lives - and that drive allowed him to thrive as a graphic designer, author, journalist, musician, and juggler.
Invited by Rho Tau, the Physical Therapy student group, Karp's speaking engagements are sponsored by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center. For more information on the Georgia State event, call 404-651-4687.
MARSHALL L. BOWIE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 12 (Feb 02, 2003)
Applications are now available for the 2003-2004 Marshall L. Bowie College of Health and Human Sciences Scholarship in the Office of Academic Assistance, Room 845 Urban Life. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 12, 2003.
Two $2000 scholarships are awarded annually to full-time students in the college. The awards are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Selection priority is given for academic record, financial need, community service, and GSU involvement. Students must submit a letter of recommendation from a faculty member with their application.
PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT GRANTED ACCREDITATION STATUS(Jan 13, 2003)
The APTA Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, after a thorough review, has granted the Physical Therapy Department of Georgia State University Accreditation status for a period of ten years on the program's satisfactory compliance with the evaluative criteria.
PHYSICAL THERAPY FACULTY MEMBER RECEIVES AWARD (Jan 13, 2003)
Dr. Beth Tieman, PT faculty member, has received the 2002 Dissertation Award from the Pediatric Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.
2002 Archives
FACULTY AND ALUMNI RECEIVE AWARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS (Nov 25, 2002)
Five faculty and one graduate of the College of Health and Human Sciences received awards on November 21, 2002, for their contributions to promoting international education at Georgia State University. Those honored with the International Excellence Award include:
Arzu Ari, alumna and teaching assistant of Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences
Professor Vijay Deshpande, Cardiopulmonary Care Sciences
Dr. Robert Friedmann, Criminal Justice
Dr. Richard Terrill, Criminal Justice
Dr. Mildred Cody, Nutrition
Dr. Jana Kicklighter, Nutrition
NUTRITION PROFESSOR RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE (Nov 18, 2002)
Dr. Dan Benardot, Associate Professor in the Division of Nutrition, recently received a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in recognition of his many contributions to sports medicine.
Dr. Benardot, who received his PhD degree from Cornell University in 1980, has taught at Georgia State University for close to twenty years, and served as Chair of the Division of Nutrition (1984-1992), and Associate Dean for Research of the College of Health and Human Sciences (1998-2002). Approximately ten years ago he founded the Laboratory for Elite Athlete Performance. Through his research in the Laboratory, he was named national team nutritionist for the U.S. Gymnastics Team, working to produce the 1996 Olympic team gold medal in women's gymnastics. Following the Atlanta Olympic Games, he was appointed the first American on the Medical Commission for Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the international governing body for gymnastics.
He has continued his research on elite athletes, with grants from the United States Olympic Committee and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, to study issues related to reduction of injury risk and nutritional methods of improving athletic performance. He has also received funding from the American Cancer Society to study the connection between obesity and renal cell carcinoma.
Benardot is pleased to have received the honorary degree from Marywood. He says, "Having a university recognize your accomplishments through the presentation of an honorary doctoral degree is the highest honor a person can receive. I am extremely thankful for having been selected for such recognition."
NUTRITION PROGRAMS RECEIVE 10-YEAR ACCREDITATION (May 22, 2002)
The Didactic Program in Dietetics and the Dietetic Internship recently received 10-year accreditation from the American Dietetic Association. Congratulations to Dr. Dea Baxter and Ms. Barbara Hopkins for their leadership in this effort.
NURSING OFFERS TWO SPECIALTY COURSES DURING 2003 MAYMESTER (Apr 7, 2002)
N4210 Introduction to Critical Care Nursing (CRN #51233)
This course provides students with an introduction to the specialty of critical care nursing practice. The focus is designed to aid students in expanding their knowledge base while acquiring beginner's nursing skills in caring for critically ill patients and their families. An emphasis is placed on the day-to-day knowledge and skills required of critical care nurses. This include assessments and interventions related to pathophysiology, pharmacology, and technology. Following successful completion of the course work, students will complete 84 clinical hours with a preceptor at an assigned clinical facility.
NURS4230/7230 International Public Health Nursing (CRN #52599 & CRN #52600)
This course is designed to help students develop an international perspective as they prepare to practice nursing in a world of interdependent nations and cultures. Knowledge and competencies developed in other nursing courses are applied to meet the health care needs of individuals, families, and communities in developing countries with different cultural values, customs, and manners. An overview of the health care system is provided with an emphasis on social, environmental, political, spiritual, and cultural influences and their relationship to the health status of people in developing countries. The course provides a foundation for advanced nursing practice and teaches the functions and roles of nurses in international organizations. There is an opportunity to practice the skills learned in this course in an international clinical course during summer semester.