Keith Warren Co-PI on Winning Proposal for University's Newly Created Innovation Group
Congratulations to Dr. Keith Warren, professor at The Ohio State University College of Social Work and co-PI on a winning proposal submitted to the competition for Centers for Innovaton and Innovation Groups, created by the Office of Academnic Affairs and Office of Research.
The proposal, “Complexity in Human, Natural, and Engineered Systems,” was a collaboration of more than 20 faculty and eight colleges also including Dr. David Woods (PI), College of Engineering; and PIs Dr. Virginia A. Folcik, Internal Medicine, OSUMC; Dr. Ian Hamilton, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Mathematics, BMPS; and Dr. Mark Moritz, Anthropology, SBS. One of three newly funded Innovation Groups, the team will work to position Ohio State as a leader in the rapidly emerging field of complexity science, supporting the university's strategic plan and President Gee's goal to advance Ohio State into the top ranks of universities. The centers and groups were created by the university to encourage trans-institutional and interdisciplinary scholarship across campus. The program’s goal is to tackle global issues that transcend the boundaries of individual disciplines.
Requiring the participation of at least 10 faculty members drawn from a minimum of three colleges, the other selected groups include the OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values (led by Professor and Chair Don Hubin, Department of Philosophy) and Computational Modeling of Global Infectious Disease Threats and Policy (led by Professor Dan Janies, Department of Biomedical Informatics). Each group will receive $20,000 per year for a three-year period, with three additional groups to be named in 2010.
