Archive For The “Innovation” Category
President Obama recently announced that by January 2012 the Administration will develop a Bioeconomy Blueprint that details “Administration-wide steps to harness biological research innovations to address national challenges in health, food, energy, and the environment.” Part of this plan includes creating the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The central role of the proposed [...]
As an academic health center, Georgia Health Sciences University and Health System has many missions – and none is more important than providing care to our communities, making the unique clinical expertise of our expert faculty available to all Georgians and the citizens of our neighboring states. The newly renamed Georgia Health Sciences Health System, [...]
In February, President Azziz posted a piece on his blog titled Giving Shape to New Ideas: Sculpting in Clay. He emphasized the iterative nature of the creative process, how ideas and initiatives, in their earliest form, are like shapeless lumps of clay. As we gather more information and obtain greater levels of clarity, Dr. Azziz [...]
When crafting a new idea, concept or paradigm, consider the challenge of sculpting a shapeless mass of clay. In both cases, you need to start with a healthy dose of inspiration. What is it that you hope to achieve? How can you channel your skills and creativity to optimize the end result? Only in capturing [...]
