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Graduation display on Georgia Tech's campus.

Q&A with Graduating GTRI Student Employees

When students’ college careers come to a close, some choose to stay with GTRI while others embark on a new life chapter equipped with knowledge and experience they gained from their time at GTRI. Two graduating students, Walter (Drew) Disharoon and Laura Heller, share their experiences and wisdom.
Tucker Middle School students celebrate their advancement to the national finals. Photo courtesy of Tucker Middle School.

STEM@GTRI Creates Critical Connections for Tucker Middle School Students

Students at Tucker Middle School designed a device to help victims of human trafficking the nation’s busiest airport — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. Motivated by statistics of human trafficking, a group of students from Tucker Middle School consulted experts in the government and at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) — the nonprofit applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
Dr. Duke's current projects include work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressing a variety of illnesses from Covid-19 to chronic diseases. Photo by Christopher Moore.

Meet Dr. Jon Duke, Principal Research Scientist

Dr. Jon Duke is the director of the Center for Health Analytics and Informatics at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and a principal research scientist at the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing. His career before Tech was entirely in medical environments, both as a physician and a researcher.