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September 13, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
In this latest trip to Washington, the 16 other individuals and organizations that were similarly honored had the chance to meet with top technology leaders from The White House, including Aneesh Chopra (Chief Technology Officer) and Vivek Kundra (C ...
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
April 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Economist featured a story about Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health & Society Scholar David Van Sickle, Ph.D., who created an asthma inhaler equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) device. Every time the inhaler is used, it rec ...
November 17, 2010 | Story
David Van Sickle's "smart inhaler" technology in spotlight at forum on solving urgent health care challenges.
June 14, 2010 | Story
In the 1980s, public health officials in Barcelona, Spain, began to notice a series of asthma outbreaks that resulted in unusually high numbers of emergency room visits.