{"633839":{"#nid":"633839","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IPaT Faculty Share COVID-19 Insights and Expertise","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EOptimizing the Supply Chain\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a natural disaster or health emergency, shortages in food and medical supplies are the result of an imbalance in supply and demand. With the goal of better matching vaccine supply to demand, Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak, \u003C\/strong\u003ESchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0026nbsp;is studying a new strategy where limited vaccine inventory is distributed equally to regions that experience a positive uptake rate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated coverage:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-coronavirus-capacity-gut-check-20200323-vdw2nsude5ehfkj3e3xavjhk54-story.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECoronavirus\u0026#39; health-care capacity gut check: We need to radically ramp up facilities in America\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E(NY Daily News)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/488296-in-coronapocalypse-the-worst-shortages-could-be-deadly\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIn \u0026#39;coronapocalypse\u0026#39; the worst shortages could be deadly\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E(The Hill)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EClimate Change Lessons\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClimate scientists are calling out inaction in the global response to climate change, and drawing parallels as a \u0026quot;cautionary tale\u0026quot; in slowing down the coronavirus pandemic.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Both [coronavirus and climate change] demand early aggressive action to minimize loss,\u0026quot; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/strong\u003E, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated coverage:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/12\/climate\/climate-change-coronavirus-lessons.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClimate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E(The New York Times)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EMoving a Major Academic Conference Online\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time in its 26-year history, IEEE VR, a conference that examines the latest research and advancements in virtual reality (VR) took place entirely online. The entire 2020 event convened in Mozilla Hubs, an online platform for remote virtual experiences (Lead researcher: \u003Cstrong\u003EBlair MacIntyre\u003C\/strong\u003E, School of Interactive Computing). Georgia Tech researchers (\u003Cstrong\u003EMaribeth Gandy Coleman\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ELaura Levy\u003C\/strong\u003E, Interactive Media Technology Center)\u0026nbsp;also launched a study during IEEE VR to look at social VR and the conference experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated coverage:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-professor-uses-virtual-reality-move-major-conference-online\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Professor Uses Virtual Reality to Move Major Academic Conference Online\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(Georgia Tech)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EProtecting Health Care Workers\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer DuBose\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Zimring \u003C\/strong\u003E(School of Architecture, SimTigrate Design Lab), in collaboration with the Emory University School of Medicine, are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2015\/10\/06\/cdc-awards-22-million-prevent-spread-infectious-diseases-health-care-facilities\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudying how the physical environment\u003C\/a\u003E can make it safer for health care workers to don and doff (put on and take off) personal protective equipment (PPE) required for working with patients with infectious diseases. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/simtigrate.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESimTigrate Design Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is also designing safer and more efficient biocontainment units (BCU), recently sharing their work with Chinese healthcare designers and hospital administrators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated coverage:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jennifer-dubose-133a684_design-strategies-for-biocontainment-units-activity-6632659609289007105-i5_W\/\u0022\u003EDesign Strategies for Biocontainment Units: Creating Safer Environments\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(LinkedIn)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EEmpowering People Living With Mild Cognitive Impairment\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Cognitive Empowerment Program is a joint effort between Emory University\u0026rsquo;s Brain Health Center and Georgia Tech (Lead researchers: \u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer DuBose\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Zimring\u003C\/strong\u003E, School of Architecture and SimTigrate Design Lab; \u003Cstrong\u003EBeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E, Institute for People and Technology)\u0026nbsp;to empower people living with\u0026nbsp;mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a distinct\u0026nbsp;decline in thinking. Due to concerns about COVID-19, the Cognitive Empowerment Program has suspended in-person programming at 6 Executive Park in Atlanta and will now provide virtual programming to complement \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-and-people-power-partner-senior-care-project\u0022\u003Esmart home technologies\u003C\/a\u003E and a tablet application that are currently part of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated coverage:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-and-emory-university-partner-mild-cognitive-impairment-program\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory University Partner on Mild Cognitive Empowerment Program\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cem\u003E(Georgia Tech)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IPaT Faculty Share COVID-19 Insights and Expertise"}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2020-03-26 14:37:48","changed_gmt":"2020-03-26 17:01:15","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632658":{"id":"632658","type":"image","title":"Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). 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