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Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research Ambassadors Daniel G. Colley, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases at the University of Georgia, Athens; Walter Dowdle, PhD, director of Poliovirus Antivirals Initiative at The Task Force for Global Health; and Mark Rosenberg, MD, executive director at The Task Force for Global Health brought home the message that investing in global health research is vital to Georgia's economy and ability to attract high-level jobs.

Ambassadors Mark Rosenberg and Walter Dowdle of the Task Force for Global Health, and Research!America staff Jennifer Chow and Kimberly Handler, met with Congressman John Lewis' Atlanta office staff Ben Spears and Hyatt Howard at The Task Force in Decatur, GA, July 29, 2009. 

 At The Task Force for Global Health, Georgia, July 2009

  • From Representative John Lewis' (D-GA) Atlanta office, staff members Ben Spears and Hyatt Howard met with Ambassadors Dowdle and Rosenberg at The Task Force for Global Health (7/29/09). 
  • State Director Tricia Chastain and other members of Senators Johnny Isakson's (R-GA) and Saxby Chambliss' (R-GA) DC and GA district offices held joint meetings in Senator Isakson's Atlanta office with Ambassadors Colley, Dowdle and Rosenberg (7/30/09).
  • Jordan Chinouth, district director for Representative Paul Broun (R-GA), MD, met with Ambassador Colley in his lab at the University of Georgia, Athens (7/31/09).

The Rogers Society Ambassadors shared with their legislators how their research showcases global health as America's health and that Georgia needs more support to continue doing well while doing good. 

Georgia is at the crossroads of global health. The University of Georgia invested $1.6 million to create The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and hire 3 researchers, which has since brought in an additional $44 million to the state of Georgia and attracted many more top-level researchers and professionals. The Task Force for Global Health started with 3 employees and now employs 55 people. Now is the time for legislators to champion global health research as a valuable and important industry for their families and neighbors in Georgia.

Ambassador Rosenberg explains The Task Force for Global Health Research's work to Rep. Lewis' staff Ben Spears, and Hyatt Howard, July 29, 2009.

Professor Colley gives a tour of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases in the Paul D. Coverdell Center at the University of Georgia to Research!America program manager Jennifer Chow, and Rep. Broun's district director Griff Doyle, July 2009.