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Our Mission
Mission
The mission of the EPRC is to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases and to reduce health disparities in rural Georgia and beyond. With help from our community partners, we conduct and disseminate research that guides best practices in chronic disease prevention. The main behavioral focus of the EPRC is on primary prevention of disease related to tobacco use, physical activity, healthy eating, and obesity, as well as secondary prevention of cancer through screening. We concentrate much of our work in rural Georgia, but also have projects and activities that span the state, the region, the nation, and the world. Our vision is one of communities and researchers working together in a meaningful way to significantly reduce the burden of chronic disease.
Goals and Activities
- Promote prevention research that informs best practices in chronic disease prevention
- Conduct research on cancer prevention and related behaviors
- Provide training and education to community-based organizations and community members to improve health promotion practice
- Share our results and communicate new findings to influence practice and reduce health disparities
- Monitor and evaluate our efforts to ensure continued relevance and self-reflection
- Provide an infrastructure for chronic disease prevention research at Emory
Promote community engaged research at Emory and in Georgia as a whole
The EPRC was founded in 2004 with Dr. Karen Glanz as the Founding Director and Dr. Michelle Kegler as the Deputy Director.
Leadership
Our Leadership
Michelle C. Kegler
Cam Escoffery
Chandra Ford
Robin McGee
Łucja Bundy
Staff
Our Staff
Deborah Stephenson
April Hermstad
Shadé Owolabi
Josh Kaufmann
Ana Arana
Helen Harber Singer
Ja'Shondra Pouncy
Erin Lebow-Skelley
Archna Patel
Shaheen Rana
Kristi Logue
Madeline Lynam
Angela Zhang
Our Affiliated Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
- Alexandra B. Morshed, PhD, MS
- David H. Howard, PhD
- Enmanuel Chavarria, PhD, MS
- Jessica Wells, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
- Jordan Gilleland Marchak, PhD, MS
- Karen Siegel, PhD, MPH
- Kelli Komro, PhD, MPH
- Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH
- Megan Winkler, PhD, MSN
- Regine Haardörfer, PhD
- Rosette Chakkalakal, MD, MHS
- Sarah C. Blake, PhD, MA
- Terry Hartman, PhD, MPH, RD
- Theresa Wicklin Gillespie, PhD, MA, FAAN
- Yue Guan, PhD, MS
Students
Our Students
Brittany Saxon
Camila Diaz
Evelyn Henry
Madison Benjamin
Michael Peterson
Rohini Kadoo
Tejaswini Agarwal
The Emory Prevention Research Center is part of a national network of 20 academic research centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All PRCs in the network study how people and their communities can avoid or reduce the risk of chronic disease.