Eric K. Noji, M.D.'s Blog (57)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Interview: His Thoughts On Search, Books, News, Mobile, Competition And More

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/31/goo...

A week ago I had a chance to sit down for a hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. There ...

Please see the link below for one example of how to measure the impact of an individuals publications, scientific collaborations, partnerships, scholarly output, quality of work, etc. The criteria used here is based on the network of collaborations that result, how many people one works with or brings into his or her specific arena of research (“Integrated semantic community platform). Clearly, the impact of a scientist’s work is more than simply the number of Google “hits”!.…

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Yes indeed. I remember it well. 22 November 1989 (10:15 AM). My first of six Congressional testimonies. Waxing poetic on the sorry state of Federal preparedness and response to disasters (this was just after both the catastrophic earthquakes in Armenia and San Francisco (Loma Prieta or "World Series" quake). If I had to give the same testimony today, there would be very little that I would change. Sad. But true. But it was the first real break in my "disastrous" career:…



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Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips. [Science Daily]



New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. The researchers linked many powerful computer systems together to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data collected from all publicly available isolated strains of the H5N1 virus --… Continue

Congressional Hearing Investigates H1N1 Preparedness, Vaccine Production and ...[ABC News]



It is a very complicated process," Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie said at the House Energy and…http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/h1n1-virus-congress-examines-response-vaccine-distribution/story?id=9115167… Continue

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$2.4 Billion To Fight Killer Diseases

6:48 PM | Posted by Eric K. Noji, M.D. | Edit Post

Friday, 13 November 2009, 9:17 am

Press Release: United Nations



UN-Backed Global Fund Awards $2.4 Billion To Fight Killer… Continue

• Epidemiologic Reviews
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  Disasters: Introduction and State of the Art
  
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  Correspondence to Dr. Eric K. Noji, 1341 Hemlock St, NW, Washington, DC 2012 (e-mail:…

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Google to Acquire AdMob



November 9, 2009



This morning we announced that AdMob has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google. I'm obviously excited, and not only for our customers, partners, and employees. I'm excited because I believe this will be an important moment for everyone involved in producing, consuming, or monetizing engaging products on mobile. The truth is that the mobile industry has had… Continue

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From: President Rice [mailto:president@usuhs.mil]

Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:02 PM

To: dl-admin-officers dl-admin-officers; dl-afrri dl-afrri; dl-Brigade-All dl-Brigade-All; dl-class-of-2010 dl-class-of-2010; dl-class-of-2011 dl-class-of-2011; dl-class-of-2012 dl-class-of-2012; dl-class-of-2013 dl-class-of-2013; dl-graduate_students dl-graduate_students; dl-usuhs-executive dl-usuhs-executive; dl-usuhs-faculty-staff… Continue

Web 2.0 Summit: A Conversation with Google's Sergey Brin

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Can the Global Economy Prepare for a Pandemic?

with discussants David Nabarro, MD and Eric K. Noji, MD. The panel is moderated by Heather L. Burns.

Aspen Ideas Festival, July 6, 2007…



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Here is the original article that the editorial from Military Medicine referenced.



This is one of the best examples I've seen of a public-private-foundation-university partnership to tackle a major public health problem. Actually, a potential global crisis -- pandemic influenza. The collaborators of this study were from Google.org, Centers for Disease Control, Google.com and Stanford.



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Excellent editorial in this month's Military Medicine

Click link below to access PDF file

EditorialPublicHealthRoleSearchEnginePattieMilMedAug09Short.pdf

Eric K. Noji, M.D.
NGH&S LLC
Washington, D.C.

Colleagues, As reported in today's Washington Post, ... Washington Post: Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook



Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

By Mike Musgrove

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2009



Facebook has gotten $200 million from a Russian investment group… Continue