{"177521":{"#nid":"177521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Program Trains Professionals for Emergency Planning and Response","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the escalation of global crisis situations and natural disasters, emergency planning and response is becoming even more important to avoid catastrophic and unintended consequences including rising recovery costs, delayed response times, increased injuries, and loss of life. Now approaching its second year, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/humlog-training\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has scheduled courses starting Jan. 2013 to train and educate professionals in this critical area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe executive education certificate program entails three classes designed to help practitioners from non-governmental organizations, government, military, and industry who are active in and want to improve humanitarian operations through logistics and supply-chain efforts. This includes hands-on training to help prepare, respond, and recover from war, famine, infectious diseases, man-made, and natural disasters such as tornadoes, tsunamis, and hurricanes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHurricane Sandy is a good example of how multiple municipalities, government and non-government agencies need to plan together and respond to a crisis,\u201d said Pinar Keskinocak, professor and co-director of the Center for Humanitarian Logistics, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cCareful planning during the pre-disaster stage combined with an effective post-disaster response, supported through communication and collaboration, significantly reduces the negative impact on the population as well as economic losses.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECourse topics include demand management and forecasting, procurement, inventory management, distribution, network design, strategies for allocating limited resources, collaboration and coordination, and measuring and evaluating system performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUpon completion of the certificate, participants are able to develop strategies for the management and allocation of scarce resources, deliver best practices for improving humanitarian relief efforts, and ultimately transform the humanitarian sector through increased planning and strategic decision making.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech launched the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate Program in the fall of 2011, with the first class starting in January 2012, to support a variety of organizations that want to provide additional staff education as well as hire highly qualified individuals in the areas of logistics and supply-chain management. Participants who attended the first two courses in 2012 have lived or worked in more than 25 countries around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI learned a lot from colleagues who represent other fields and countries. Having participants with various backgrounds and from different fields was an incentive for fruitful discussions,\u201d said Simplice Kamdem Takoubo, from USAID\/Benin who participated in the certificate program in early 2012. \u201cThe course provided me with new skills that I use daily in my job to increase the efficiency of U.S. Government support in achieving our country\u2019s goals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate program includes the following courses:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/courses\/pre-planning-strategy-health-and-humanitarian-organizations\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations - Next course: Jan. 16-17, 2013\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/courses\/tactical-decision-making-public-health-and-humanitarian-response\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETactical Decision Making and Public Health and Humanitarian Response \u2013 Next course: May 8-10, 2013\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/courses\/systems-operations-health-and-humanitarian-response\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESystems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response \u2013 Next course: Sept. 11-13, 2013\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA limited number of scholarships are available for participants from non-governmental organizations and\/or from developing countries. All courses are offered at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtpe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Professional Education\u003C\/a\u003E, which is located at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Midtown Atlanta. For more information about the certificate program or to register, visit: http:\/\/\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/humlog-training\u0022\u003Ewww.pe.gatech.edu\/humlog-training\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E###\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate Program has scheduled courses starting Jan. 2013"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the escalation of global crisis situations and natural disasters, emergency planning and response is becoming even more important to avoid catastrophic and unintended consequences including rising recovery costs, delayed response times, increased injuries, and loss of life. Now approaching its second year, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/humlog-training\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has scheduled courses starting Jan. 2013 to train and educate professionals in this critical area.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate Program has scheduled courses starting Jan. 2013 to train and educate professionals in this critical area."}],"uid":"27373","created_gmt":"2012-12-13 15:29:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:22","author":"Nikki Troxclair","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"177531":{"id":"177531","type":"image","title":"HHL Certificate Flier - Page 1","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"HHL Certificate Flier - Page 1","file":{"fid":"195987","name":"scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":407307,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_1.jpg?itok=ndFyCOCp"}},"177551":{"id":"177551","type":"image","title":"HHL Flier Page 2","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"HHL Flier Page 2","file":{"fid":"195988","name":"scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":884092,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/scl-hhl-2-sided-flyer-72012_page_2.jpg?itok=XYmwhZlb"}}},"media_ids":["177531","177551"],"groups":[{"id":"1258","name":"Professional Education"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9846","name":"certificate"},{"id":"38531","name":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"},{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"8039","name":"Humanitarian"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"13997","name":"nelson baker"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENikki Troxclair, APR\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E912-966-7913\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ntroxclair@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Entroxclair@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ntroxclair@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}