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Dr.
John V.
FROM: Dr.
MEPS:
Gee
Director
Robert Krone LAY
DATE. January
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Grimaldi,
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of Degree Programs
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1979
subject: Potential Funded research/teaching grant with
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Brookhaven National Laboratories under DOE
“Program for Nuclear Radiation Medicine with
Marshallese people of the U.S. Trust Territory
of the Pacific.
1. During my January 22-24th visit to Kwajalein Island for our MSSM
Graduation Recognition Ceremony Dr. Hugh Pratt, M.D. Director of the
Brookhaven National Laboratories program for monitoring the nuclear
radiation effects on the Marshallese people, contacted me with the
follewing proposal:
A. Brookhaven is searching for a University to act as a freeassociation sub-contractor to accomplish a systems analysis of the
currently envisioned program.
B. Dr. Hugh Pratt's assumption of the Directorship of this program
coincides with a renewed United States interest/effort to assist the
people previously effected and potentially effected by nuclear readiation
resulting from U.S. nuclear weapons testing at the Bikini Atoll. There
is a linkage to this. renewed effort and the pending new political status
of the Marshall Islands, currently under negotiation at Saipan, Trust
Territory Headquarters.
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C. Brookhaven originally approached the University of Hawaii, but
discovered this month that their interests and capabilities did not
suit the Brookhaven needs.
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D.-The Systems Analysis would be primarily a medical delivery
systems
approach
but
the
incitusion
of
Systems
Management
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as well as representation from anthropology and sociology disciplines
would be appropriate. It would, therefore, involve an interdisciplinary
team fwomn one University covering medicine, systems management, anthropology
and sociology.
E. The reputation of the USC Medical School and the. existence of our
MSSM program in the Marshall Islands make USC now a logical University. |
F.
Would
USC
be
interested?
2. A partially related aspect is that the Marshallese people have
received no formal training for assumption of mid-management and topmanagement responsibilities which will be forthcoming when the current
political status negotiationIssn seems to be an appropriate provider
of such education
created.
under
its MSSM program
or
a
special
program
to
be
3. Dr. William Burr, DOE Director of Environmental Health and Dr.
Walter WYeyzen, DOE are the Brookhaven contacts. Dr. Gene Cronkite and
Dr. Victor Bond, at Brookhaven, are the responsible individuals but
Dr.
Pratt
Pratt,
Hey.
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