New health law seminar full of info but lacking assurances

Dr. Phaedra Corso, professor of health policy and management and director of the Economic Evaluation Research Group in the UGA College of Public Health, was one of a panel of experts invited to speak to a crowd of over 300 Hall County residents about the new health care law and its impacts. read more

Georgia near bottom in new health ranking

Georgia Health News reports that “A new report ranks Georgia 45th on how well the state’s health care system works for low-income families. For people with low incomes, Georgia ranked 46th in health care access and affordability, 47th in performance and treatment, 34th in potentially avoidable hospital use, and 35th in healthy lives, according to the report. It was released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based foundation that supports independent research on health policy.” read more

ACHE Fellowship Program- 9/18/2013 in Chicago

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) is sponsoring its annual fellowship program in Chicago on September 18, 2013 from 5:30 p to 8:00 p.  Over 30 fellowship programs will be interviewing students.   read more

Internships and Residencies at National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, and Georgia Dept. of Public…

  Students who are interested in our competitive internships/residencies at the National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry and Georgia Department of Public Health for Spring and Summer 2014 can send in a resume and cover letter to Nina Cleveland.  There are usually openings for All concentrations.   In the subject of your email, please state which agency you would like to be considered for.   Please include in your cover letter: read more

Dr. Jayani Jayawardhana Inducted Into CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program

“At its core, the CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program strives to improve the university’s instructional mission. Through its support of new, tenure-track faculty, the program seeks to provide Lilly Fellows with opportunities to strengthen their teaching skills and develop their ability to appropriately balance teaching with the research and service roles required by a research university…”   read more