Message-ID: <"0306003151-Re: Technology Transfer Development - Medical, Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:31:51 -0700 From: Peter Hellmonds <mailto:Peter.Hellmonds@DEPTF.MAIL.ABB.COM> Subject: Re: Technology Transfer Development - Medical, Health, To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Stephen Miles Sacks, PhD <mailto:scipolicy@aol.com> wrote:>I am organizing a major joint venture to apply for ATP/NIST HEALTHCARE
>funding - for developing a large scale system(s) for health information
>infrastructure for the next several decades.
Stephen,
you should contact Ronald E. LaPorte, who has already begun establishing a Global Health Network. Dr. LaPorte is the Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications at the WHO Collaborating Center in Pittsburgh, and a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. His email address is:
mailto:rlaporte@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Check out the Web Site: http://www.pitt.edu/HOME/GHNet/GHNet.html
Here are a few short extracts from their "Who We Are" page:
The Global Health Network (GHNet) is an alliance of experts in health and telecommunications who are actively developing the architecture for a health information structure for the prevention of disease in the 21st century. The professionals involved in GHNet bring together expertise from the essential areas of government, international organizations, business, and academia.
The makeup of the GHNet task force speaks immediately to its diversity and the breadth of its reach. Represented are experts from the World Bank, NASA, AT&T, IBM, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) and from the field of epidemiology.
Hope this helps coordinate efforts in this important field.
Best regards,
-- Peter
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