{"51237":{"#nid":"51237","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Professor Named Interim Director of Health Sciences Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGregory Abowd, Distinguished Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, has been named interim director of the Health Systems Institute (HSI) at Georgia Tech. Abowd will oversee HSI while a committee headed by Associate Director Don Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering, leads an international search for a new director.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E HSI is a joint research effort that includes Tech, Emory University and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta. According to the Institute\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hsi.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E, HSI brings together the expertise of many disciplines at Georgia Tech and Emory to foster the development and implementation of new interdisciplinary and collaborative research, education, and outreach programs. The Institute\u2019s goal is to transform healthcare delivery systems and lead the nation away from a system that is ineffective, reactive and focused on disease and toward one that is more cost-effective, pro-active and focused on health- and wellness.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGregory Abowd, Distinguished Professor in the School of Interactive\nComputing, has been named interim director of the Health Systems\nInstitute (HSI) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:40:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:36","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}