TY - JOUR AU - Hennon, Meredith AU - LaPorte, Ronald E. AU - Shubnikov, Eugene AU - Linkov, Faina PY - 2012/06/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - New directions in building a scientific social network: Experiences in the Supercourse project and application to Central Asia JF - Central Asian Journal of Global Health JA - cajgh VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Research DO - 10.5195/cajgh.2012.3 UR - http://cajgh.pitt.edu/ojs/cajgh/article/view/3 SP - AB - <p>Introduction</p><p>Networking leaders in the field of public health and medicine is very important for improving health locally and globally, especially in times of disaster.</p><p>Methods</p><p>Fishing can best be defined as using an internet search engine to find the name and email address of the person or organization that is being sought.</p><p>Results</p><p>With over 500 hours of work, the group compiled a list of nearly 2,000 email addresses of Ministers of Health, deans of the 1,800 medical schools and schools of public health, and heads of medical and public health societies.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Fishing for deans and others is an important task, albeit just the first step in building a scientific social network.  Upon creation of a database of names, other steps must be taken, such as meeting with others, exchanging information, and forming new collaborations before a scientific social network is successfully completed.</p> ER -