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    February 15, 2024 | New Textbook Makes Epidemiology Approachable and Accessible

    Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist and Kristin M. Wall have authored a new epidemiology textbook that makes epidemiology accessible and approachable.

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    February 2, 2024 | Students Practice Interprofessional Skills, Solve Health Challenges in New IPECP Program

    IPE-ACTS, a new program from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice brings together students from the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing to address critical health challenges in Atlanta.

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    July 14, 2023 | The State of Maternal Nutrition

    Rollins researchers discuss how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go.

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    June 29, 2023 | Statement From Dean Fallin Regarding Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action

    Dean M. Daniele Fallin responds to the court's decision and reiterates Rollins' commitment toward social justice, antiracism, and equity and inclusion.

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    June 22, 2023 | Rollins Announces Free Public Health Course on Abortion

    Rollins will launch the first massive open online course (MOOC) of its kind: Public Health Approaches to Abortion, a free public health class that aims to provide a general audience with accessible and foundational knowledge on the topic of abortion.

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    May 23, 2023 | Class Act

    Rollins recognized the 2023 graduating class on May 6 at the George W. Woodruff Physical Education Center Auditorium

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    March 31, 2023 | Twelve Rollins Students Accepted Into the 2023 Presidential Management Fellows Program

    The Rollins School of Public is proud to announce 12 students were selected into the prestigious 2023 Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF).

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    December 21, 2022 | Executive MPH Program Offering Online MPH for 2023

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    March 29, 2022 | Rollins Ranked No. 4

    The Rollins School of Public Health received a No. 4 ranking for the second year in a row in U.S. News & World Report's 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools, released today.

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    March 17, 2022 | Emory's TADA Program Trains Social and Behavioral Scientists with Big Data

    Emory's TADA Program is training students to apply advanced data analytics and computational methods to their research and to develop transformative approaches to end the substance use disorder crisis through a fellowship and certificate program.

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    December 22, 2021 | Emory University Names New Dean of Rollins School of Public Health

    Emory University has appointed M. Daniele Fallin, PhD, an internationally regarded researcher and educator, as the new James W. Curran Dean of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health.

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    November 19, 2021 | Rollins Recent Research Publications

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    October 29, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    September 20, 2021 | Forthcoming Book Examines Shortcomings and Provides Recommendations in Global Pandemic Response

    Several faculty and students are engaged with creating the forthcoming book, "Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond," which is slated for a mid-2022 release from Elsevier.

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    August 19, 2021 | Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

    The new academic year brings new faculty to Rollins, including Stephanie Eick, Christine Ekenga, Marlene Wolfe, and Parinya Panuwet

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    August 12, 2021 | Meet Rollins’ ADAPs

    This team of advisors supports students every step of the way

  • Women of Excellence Award Winner - Sarah Blake

    March 5, 2021 | Sarah Blake Receives Award for Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy

    The award honors a teacher whose record demonstrates a willingness to bring gender issues into the classroom in creative and inspiring ways.

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    December 18, 2020 | Rollins School of Public Health Launches New Certificate in Climate and Health

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    December 12, 2020 | Record Number of Rollins Students Accepted Into the 2021 Presidential Management Fellows Program

    Read about the exceptional Rollins students accepted into the 2021 Presidential Management Fellows program

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    December 9, 2020 | Emory Climate and Health Research Incubator Contributes to Global Surveillance Report on Climate Change

    Learn about Rollins contribution to this year's The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report.

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    December 7, 2020 | Meet the PhD Student Selected for the Agents of Change Program

    April Ballard, a third year PhD student in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was selected for the Agents of Change Program.

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    October 16, 2020 | Yang Liu Appointed Chair of the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health

    Dr. Yang Liu is the new chair of the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health

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    September 10, 2020 | Usha Ramakrishnan Appointed Chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health

    Dr. Ramakrishnan is the new chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health

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    June 6, 2020 | Public Health Reading List on Racial Violence and Racial Health Disparities

    View a selection of articles and publications authored by Rollins faculty about racial violence and public health disparities.

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    March 30, 2020 | Rollins School of Public Health Accredited Through July 2027

    Rollins School of Public Health's accreditation has been extended for another seven years by the Council on Education for Public Health.

  • From Enforcers to Guardians

    January 17, 2020 | Book Release: "From Enforcers to Guardians"

    Hannah L. F. Cooper's book about police brutality was co-authored with Mindy Fullilove and launched January 14, 2020.

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    December 18, 2019 | Renowned Women’s Cancer Researcher Joins Emory

    Joellen Schildkraut to join the Rollins School of Public Health faculty and Winship's Cancer Prevention Control Research Program

  • Carmen Marsit

    November 6, 2019 | Carmen Marsit New Associate Dean for Research

    Dr. Marsit has been named as the new associate dean for research at Rollins.

  • Dana Flanders

    November 4, 2019 | W. Dana Flanders Receives Abraham Lilienfeld Award

    Professor Flanders epitomizes eminence in epidemiology teaching and research

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    June 24, 2019 | Ilana Graetz to edit IT issue of The American Journal of Managed Care

    Ilana Graetz will serve as guest editor for the ninth health information technology issue of AJMC in January 2020.

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    May 7, 2019 | Words of Wisdom: Richard Levinson addresses the 2019 class and reflects on his retirement

    Richard Levinson will deliver the 2019 Rollins commencement address. He retired in March 2019 after more than 40 years at Emory.

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    April 17, 2019 | Sign up for the 2019 Social Determinants of Health Summer Institute

    Registration has opened for the 2019 SDOH Summer Institute!

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    January 24, 2019 | BIOS PhD Students Recognized with Awards

    Yikai Wang and Jeong Hoon Jang receive the Kutner and Livingston awards.

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    December 3, 2018 | The Michael M.E. Johns, MD Lecture on Health Policy is December 3

    The 2018 annual lecture features Dr. Arnold Epstein, the John H. Foster Professor of Health Policy and Management and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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    October 19, 2018 | Mental health efforts at Rollins

    October is Mental Health Awareness Month. These are a few of the ways Rollins is working to further mental health research and learning.

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    July 24, 2018 | International panel releases new guidelines for HIV treatment and prevention

    Panel includes Carlos del Rio, MD, professor and chair of global health at Rollins

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    July 22, 2018 | Emory hosts global conference on justice research

    "Interrogating Injustice" event highlights issues related to race, health care and where the two overlap.

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    July 6, 2018 | Emory doctoral graduate named Outstanding Dissertation Award recipient

    Xu Ji wins Outstanding Dissertation Award

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    May 17, 2018 | Faculty, staff honored for teaching, mentoring and more

    Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola, W. Michael Caudle, and Ralph Valenzuela Jr. all received awards during commencement 2018

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    May 16, 2018 | Emory public health experts call for more women in global health leadership roles

    Essay emphasizes the shortage of women holding global health leadership roles and highlights the GROW program

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    May 8, 2018 | Public health graduate advocates for sex education as basic human right

    MPH student Sarah Ashley Jolly is working on an initiative to improve sexual education and outcomes for children in the foster care system.

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    May 4, 2018 | Tim Lash named chair of the Department of Epidemiology

    Timothy L. Lash has been appointed as Rollins Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

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    April 23, 2018 | Rollins Biostatisticians awarded by the American Statistical Association

    The American Statistical Association has recognized biostatisticians from Rollins for excellence in the field

  • Kathy Miner

    April 13, 2018 | Kathleen Miner named 2018 Charles Hatcher Award Recipient

    Kathleen Miner is the 2018 recipient of the Charles R. Hatcher Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Health.

  • Dabney P. Evans

    February 7, 2018 | Dabney P. Evans recipient of the 2018 ASPPH Early Career Public Health Teaching Award

  • Stephen D. Clements

    January 9, 2018 | Rollins Foundation creates Stephen D. Clements, Jr. Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

    The O. Wayne Rollins Foundation has established a chair honoring Stephen D. Clements.

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    December 18, 2017 | Rollins professor leads AHA scientific statement linking childhood adversity and heart disease

    Shakira F. Suglia, ScD, is lead author on a new scientific statement written on behalf of the American Heart Association.

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    December 7, 2017 | Rollins researchers selected as partners in 10-year Gilead HIV/AIDS COMPASS Initiative

    Rollins researchers have been selected by Gilead Sciences, Inc., as a coordinating center for their new COMPASS Initiative.

  • Casey Hall

    November 3, 2017 | Award-winning doctoral candidate selected as the 2017 Lesbian Health Fund grant recipient

    Casey D. Hall receives 2017 Lesbian Health Fund grant

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    October 30, 2017 | Building a framework for ethics in global health research

    James Lavery was recently named the first Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Global Health Ethics at Emory.

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    October 24, 2017 | John McGowan Jr. Retires

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    October 23, 2017 | Emory Alumni Board honors scholars dedicated to making positive impacts

    Elizabeth Odunaiya is a winner of the Emory Alumni Board scholarship.

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    October 10, 2017 | Rollins epidemiologist David Kleinbaum retires

    Epidemiology professor David Kleinbaum has retired from Rollins.

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    October 7, 2017 | Trio in biostatistics: 'Role models for us all'

    Rollins biostatisticians Amita Manatunga, Limin Peng, and Ying Guo have been working together for more than a decade.

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    September 8, 2017 | Emory Coursera class on Ebola reaches more than 13,000 learners

    Emory University was the first to deploy an English language MOOC about Ebola.

  • Dabney P. Evans

    August 9, 2017 | Dabney P. Evans receives 2017 Mid-Career Award in International Health

    Dabney P. Evans received APHA's 2017 Mid-Career Award in International Health.

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    July 7, 2017 | Limin Peng named 2017 Mortimer Spiegelman Award recipient

    Limin Peng was selected as the American Public Health Association's 2017 Mortimer Spiegelman Award recipient.

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    May 30, 2017 | Georgia Climate Project creates state 'climate research roadmap'

    Georgia Climate Project is a multiyear effort by a statewide consortium of universities and colleges, working to improve the understanding of climate impacts and solutions in Georgia.

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    May 15, 2017 | Maternal and Child Health Research at Rollins

    Learn about Emory's Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, Education, Science, and Practice.

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    May 11, 2017 | Finding mental disorders with math

    The Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics drives research and ultimately clinical practice by developing specialized statistical techniques tailored for data collected through biomedical imaging studies.

  • Carol Hogue

    May 5, 2017 | Carol Hogue Wins Jefferson Award

    Carol Hogue wins 2017 Jefferson Award for a career dedicated to healthier families.

  • Iju Shakya

    May 5, 2017 | Public health student helps communities in need

    Rollins alum Iju Shakya has been actively involved with emergency response efforts globally.

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    April 5, 2017 | About the Interfaith Health Program

    Part of my work is to understand what the cultural and religious beliefs are and to work with the sites and countries to develop community engagement plans that bring religious and cultural leaders together.

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    February 17, 2017 | Karen Levy named 2017-2018 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow

    Karen Levy named as a 2017-2018 Public Engagement Fellow.

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    February 1, 2017 | Dean Curran Statement on Immigration

    Dean Curran releases a statement on immigration.

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    January 26, 2017 | From immigrant health to disability law, faculty exchanges broaden perspectives

    Solveig Cunningham contemplates her time as a Fulbright grant recipient.

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    December 20, 2016 | Rollins researchers convene for regional conference on opioid epidemic

    Rollins hosts opioid conference- Opioid Epidemic: Crafting an Effective Public Health Response

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    December 5, 2016 | Exercise is Medicine hosts technology and Think Tank conference

    Exercise is Medicine hosts the conference "The Wild Wild West of Quantified Healthcare."

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    October 17, 2016 | National Academy of Medicine elects Emory nursing, public health researchers

    Deborah W. Bruner, RN, PhD, and K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, elected to National Academy of Medicine.

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    September 20, 2016 | Synergy awards support collaborative research among health sciences schools, faculty

    The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has announced the six winning proposals for its first cycle of Synergy Awards.

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    September 9, 2016 | Foege Fellow is founder of Pan-African Medical Journal

    Profile on alumnus Physician Landry Dongmo Tsague.

  • James Lavery

    September 2, 2016 | James V. Lavery named inaugural Hilton Chair in Global Health Ethics at Emory

    James V. Lavery was named the first Hilton Chair in Global Health Ethics at Emory University.

  • Dabney P. Evans

    June 22, 2016 | Faculty Spotlight: Dabney P. Evans

    Profile about faculty member Dabney P. Evans.

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    May 23, 2016 | Rollins professors named American Statistical Association Fellows

    Limin Peng, Qi Long, and Eugene Huang were named fellows of the American Statistical Association

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    May 16, 2016 | Getting to Zero

    Getting to Zero: Experts weigh in on what it will take to end the AIDS epidemic

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    May 6, 2016 | Early architect of public health at Emory wins Scholar/Teacher Award

    Nancy Thompson wins the Scholar/Teacher Award.

  • Davie Zolowere

    May 3, 2016 | Already a physician, Malawi native studies public health for social justice

    Profile on student Davie Zolowere.

  • Sanemba Fanny

    May 3, 2016 | Future pediatrician committed to reducing health care inequities

    Profile story on MPH/MD student Aya Fanny.

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    March 30, 2016 | Emory launches largest-ever clinical research study in Atlanta

    Recently launched Emory Healthy Aging Study is the largest-ever clinical research study in Atlanta

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    March 22, 2016 | To empower women, give them better access to water

    The global task of providing water for households falls disproportionately to women and girls.

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    March 22, 2016 | Rollins professor collaborates on special journal issue on to address health effects of excessive police violence

    Hannah Cooper is editing a special issue of the Journal of Urban Health

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    February 22, 2016 | School of Public Health launches research center in new Exercise is Medicine partnership

    Some of the country's largest fitness orgs announced partnership integrating fitness with health care

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    January 27, 2016 | Winship Cancer Institute joins national effort urging HPV vaccination

    Winship Cancer Institute issues statement encouraging use of HPV vaccine

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    January 20, 2016 | School of public health faculty member recognized as most highly cited researcher

    Dana Barr listed as a "Highly Cited Researcher" for the second year in a row

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    January 13, 2016 | School of Public Health names associate dean for Academic Affairs

    Kim Arriola named associate dean for Academic Affairs

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    January 1, 2016 | In the Field With: David Berendes

    David traveled to India in February 2015 for three weeks to collect data on household and neighborhood management of waste.