FW: Seasons Greetings…

December 23, 2020

CGHI 2020 Year in Review

Despite the challenge of the past year, 2020 will be remembered as the year of an innovation revolution for the life sciences and health technology industries—especially in Georgia.

In the past 12 months, we’ve seen astonishing advances in public health and drug development, as well as an unprecedented effort to collaborate and respond rapidly to health crises and inequity that will bring us out of the pandemic and into a new era of medical innovation—thanks to your hard work, leadership, and dedication.

I want to close out this year by thanking the Center for Global Health Innovation community and reflecting on your many achievements this year—from the launch of Georgia Bio’s new strategic plan to foster innovation and the growth of the life sciences ecosystem, to the expansion of the BioEd Institute and alliances to improve healthcare access, to actions taken to tackle health inequities, like bringing much-needed coronavirus testing to underserved communities with the Global Health Crisis Coordination Center, and developing the PAVE tool to help decisionmakers prioritize socioeconomic disadvantages and economic recovery in their vaccine distribution plans.

With the launch of the Women in Global Health Chapter in January, and the global health policy coalition we are coordinating in Georgia, GGHA looks forward to facilitating new opportunities for collaboration, information-sharing, advocacy and networking for the global health community in 2021.

Watch our holiday video message highlighting these accomplishments here.

Read the CGHI annual report here.

While I know many of you won’t get much of a break quite yet, I hope you get a chance to rest, rejuvenate, and enjoy quality time with your loved ones, even virtually. I look forward to seeing you in a much brighter 2021—thanks to science, innovation, and Georgia’s outstanding life sciences and global health industries.

Happy Holidays!

Maria Thacker-Goethe

CEO, Center for Global Health Innovation

Executive Director, Georgia Global Health Alliance

Upcoming Virtual Events & Important Links

Global Health Council Advocacy Updates ~ December 21, 2020

New study shows Georgia’s strength as a global health hub @Saporta Report

Center for Victims of Torture Publishes Results First Study of its Kind on Refugee Mental Health

Women in Global Health: Announcing 100+ Outstanding Nurse and Midwife Leaders

Pandemic Imperils Global Health Research Infrastructure, Report Finds

An Estimate of the Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States

Emory Global Health Institute: Apply now to the 2021 Field Scholars Awards Program!

EGHI/GT HACK COVID-19: Back to Work & School Solutions

Diagnostics Dashboard Supports Vaccine Product Selection & Procurement Decisions

Global Health Council 2019 Annual Report

January 18-26: 148th session of the WHO Executive Board

January 27-28: CORE Group 2020 Global Health Practitioner Conference

The 10th Emory University-UNICEF WASH in Schools (WinS) Distance-Learning Course will take place starting March 15th, 2021

Women in Global Health Georgia USA Launch Event

January 13, 2020 2:00PM-3:00PM EST

Women in Global Health Georgia, U.S.A. will be launched on January 13 from 2:00-3:00pm EST during a virtual event. The event will feature a conversation between:

· Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director, CDC

· Dr. David Satcher, Former CDC Director and United States Surgeon General,

· Roopa Dhatt, Founder, Women in Global Health

Register HERE!

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