{"202561":{"#nid":"202561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Farrugia to Manage Georgia Tech\/Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta are advancing their commitment to collaborative research through enhanced management of their vast joint research portfolio.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis goal will be dramatically advanced by the naming of Sherry Farrugia as program director for the Georgia Tech\/Children\u2019s partnership. In this new, jointly funded management role, Farrugia will help build even closer collaboration between Children\u2019s and Georgia Tech in areas of mutual research interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her new role, she will serve as a member of the Georgia Tech\/Children\u2019s Executive Council, facilitate the annual planning and resource allocation process,\u0026nbsp;provide administrative oversight of the seed grant program approved in the annual plan, match Georgia Tech experts with Children\u2019s clinicians, coordinate large proposal development and participate in fundraising activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn June 2012, Georgia Tech and Children\u2019s announced a $20 million joint investment, strengthening their research commitment to developing technological solutions for improving children\u2019s health. The expanded collaboration combined the proficiencies of both organizations with a common vision \u2013 to become the global leader in pediatric technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFarrugia most recently served as a Georgia Tech strategic partners officer focused on health information technology initiatives. In that role, she worked closely with industry leaders to develop highly effective and mutually beneficial partnerships between companies and Georgia Tech. Prior to working at Georgia Tech, she held high-level corporate positions in the health field, and founded a healthcare information technology company that was sold to one of the nation\u2019s oldest and largest healthcare services organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Appointment Enhances Collaboration Efforts"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta are advancing their commitment to collaborative research through enhanced management of their vast joint research portfolio.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2013-03-27 15:08:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"202571":{"id":"202571","type":"image","title":"Sherry Farrugia","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894856","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:36","alt":"Sherry Farrugia","file":{"fid":"196617","name":"sherry_farrugia.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":400641,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png?itok=BXUmZLLs"}}},"media_ids":["202571"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=133521","title":"Georgia Tech\/Children\u0027s Healhcare Alliance Announcement"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14105","name":"children\u0027s healthcare"},{"id":"62701","name":"Farrugia"},{"id":"572","name":"partnership"},{"id":"171262","name":"strategic partners"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}