{"50811":{"#nid":"50811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Op Ed Focuses on Humanitarian Logistics Challenges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe earthquake in Haiti, tsunami in Indonesia, and Hurricane Katrina are all events that inspire us to help.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a rush of support, we make donations and expect quick results. With frustration, however, we see that there is a gap between the event and when supplies actually reach people in need. Why? In the case of Haiti, the infrastructure was completely destroyed. The main port and airport were not operational for the first 48 hours, making it impossible for aid to enter the country. Once the airport\u0027s runway was operational, there was chaos prioritizing which planes should land. Even after aid was on land, debris blocked roads with no available equipment to clear them. This is the conundrum that\u0027s plaguing relief workers and frustrating and confusing those donating money for recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read more, click link below.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/logistics-ignored-in-disaster-289549.html \u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/logistics-ignored-in-disaster-289549.html \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn response to the challenges in humanitarian logistics as related to the earthquake in Haiti, professors Julie Swann, Ozlem Ergun amd Pinar Pinar Keskinocak submitted an Op Ed that was published in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution on February 3, 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Op Ed Focuses on Humanitarian Logistics Challenges"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-02-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:16","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50819":{"id":"50819","type":"image","title":"Julie Swann (left), Ozlem Ergun (center) and Pinar Keskinocak (right), co-directors at the Center of Focused Research on Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894473","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:13","alt":"Julie Swann (left), Ozlem Ergun (center) and Pinar Keskinocak (right), co-directors at the Center of Focused Research on Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","file":{"fid":"146017","name":"H_R_teamTHUMB.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37189,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/H_R_teamTHUMB_0.jpg?itok=bl1RdlSC"}}},"media_ids":["50819"],"groups":[{"id":"1241","name":"Health Systems Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1240","name":"humanitarian logistics"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"},{"id":"1238","name":"Ozlem Ergun"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}