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Atlanta’s concentration of world-renowned health organizations makes us a leader in the health science industry. The open and collegial atmosphere of the health institutions in Atlanta has spurred numerous partnerships that benefit both the researchers themselves and, eventually, the health of the nation and the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention engages in partnerships with many of the organizations in Atlanta, such as its ongoing work with the Center for Global Safe Water in association with Emory University and CARE. We are also home to the Carter Center, which works to improve the health of those in developing nations with programs like its Guinea Worm Eradication Program. Closer to home, the Morehouse School of Medicine works to eliminate health disparities in the African American community and partners with Emory to provide medical care to patients at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Because Atlanta is at the center of health and science innovation, businesses and organizations in this field that are looking to expand or relocate to Atlanta have wealth of resources available to them. The Georgia Research Alliance has invested more than $400 million in eminent scholars, research laboratories, national centers for research and innovation and technology transfer programs. These investments have brought more than $2 billion in new federal and private funds into the Georgia economy. The technology transfer offices at Emory, Georgia Tech and Georgia State create commercialization opportunities for products developed at the universities. Most importantly, people in Atlanta are interested in helping others and jobs in the health science industry appeal to the community-centric and compassionate drive of Atlantans.
Organizations involved in the health science industry in Atlanta include:
Bioscience
Why Bioscience in Atlanta? Atlanta is the 7th largest producer of Bioscience degrees in the US. Atlanta’s pool of trained researchers and scientists is world-class, and its growing. Atlanta boasts one of the world’s largest concentrations of bioscience employment with more than 9,800 researchers , scientists, medical doctors and other staff working in the bioscience private sector, 6,500 researchers at the CDC and several hundred researchers working in the state’s university system and research institutions.
The Atlanta region is poised to attract the most innovative companies in the world by leveraging Georgia’s acclaimed Georgia Research
Alliance Eminent Scholars Program.
For more information about Atlanta’s bioscience industry including; the latest news & events, a searchable company directory and complete industry resources, visit www.atlantabioscience.com or call Russell Allen at 404.586.8443.
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