The prediction, in brief:

We can [start] a global health university.

Predictor: LaPorte, Ronald

Prediction, in context:

A research group representing The Global Health Network, an international group with the hope of using the Internet to establish a better world of medicine and prevention, made the following statement in a research presentation at INET ’95, the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 27-30. The group included Ronald LaPorte and Ingrid Libman of the University of Pittsburgh; Anthony Villasenor, NASA; Carlos Gamboa, Pan American Health Organization; Eugene Boostrom of the World Bank; Eric Marler; Francois Sauer, AT&T; Shunichi Akazawa, World Health Organization; and Caryle Glosser. They report”We can [start] a global health university whereby a person from SUNY Buffalo can teach students in Miami, California, or Moscow. Why can’t the best teachers teach students remotely? This would not compete with schools of public health, but would enhance them, giving our students in Pittsburgh the opportunity to learn aboutdisaster relief from faculty members in Armenia, for example. Just in the past few years training programs outside of health have sprung up through the Internet.”

Date of prediction: June 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: Medical/Professional

Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)

Title, headline, chapter name: The Global Health Network

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/231/txt/paper.txt

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney