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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

After World War II (1941-45), Joseph W. Mountin, a physician and public health leader, formed a plan to convert the Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) … See more

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Georgia Health Sciences University

WEBGeorgia Health Sciences University (GHSU), located in Augusta, is the state’s public university for health sciences.From 1833 until 2011, it was known as the …

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Emory University Hospital

WEBEmory University Hospital in Atlanta is the core facility of one of the nation’s leading university-based health systems, with nationally and internationally recognized …

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Grady Memorial Hospital

WEBGrady Memorial Hospital has often been among the first to implement new medical technology. The hospital's most notable achievements include performing the state's first …

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Grady Health System

WEBOriginally published Sep 20, 2004 Last edited Apr 8, 2021. Grady Health System is the largest public hospital–based health system in the Southeast, providing more than 200 …

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Central State Hospital

WEBFounded amid the social reform movements of the nineteenth century and expanded to one of the nation’s largest mental health institutions in the twentieth …

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Saint Joseph's Hospital

WEBSaint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta’s oldest hospital and the only Catholic hospital in the city. Established in 1880 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph’s mission …

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Piedmont Hospital

WEBLocated on Peachtree Road in Atlanta’s Buckhead community, Piedmont Hospital has met the city’s health-care needs since the early twentieth century. The …

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Genetics in Georgia

WEBThe recent sequencing of the human genome has accelerated scientific discoveries in genetics related to medicine and animal and plant science. Research …

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Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital

WEBThe Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta, built by the state for the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University), opened in June 1956 …

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Yerkes National Primate Research Center

WEBThe Yerkes Center comprises two facilities. The main center on the Emory University campus hosts biomedical research across a variety of disciplines, and a 117 …

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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

WEBChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit health care organization, was formed in 1998 when Egleston Children’s Health Care System and Scottish Rite …

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University Hospital

WEBUniversity Hospital, completed in Augusta in 1915, was built for the Medical Department of UGA (later Georgia Health Sciences University) with the city's backing. Courtesy of …

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Healthcare Georgia Foundation

WEBHealthcare Georgia Foundation’s initial year of grantmaking, in 2002, featured thirty-nine grants to programs and organizations across Georgia, totaling more …

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Augusta City Hospital

WEBThe city hospital in Augusta, built in 1818, served as the first home for Georgia Health Sciences University, from 1828 until the mid-1830s. Courtesy of Historical Collections …

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Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation

WEBIn 1954, funded largely by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine that began to eliminate polio. In 1980 the facility was …

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Georgia Health Sciences University

WEBThe original building on the campus of Georgia Health Sciences University, completed in Augusta in 1837, was designed by the architect Charles B. Cluskey. The structure, …

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Lugenia Burns Hope

WEBLugenia Burns Hope was an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Spending most of her career in Atlanta, she worked for the …

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North Georgia Technical College

WEBNorth Georgia Technical College, the first vocational school in Georgia, is located in Clarkesville, the seat of Habersham County.The school also operates satellite …

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