Academics
December 18, 2024 | 2024: A Year of Growth
Throughout 2024, Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health expanded its academic offerings, advanced innovative public health research and practice, and grew its impact. Faculty, staff, and students helped move public health forward and create a healthier world for all. These are a few highlights from the past year.
August 15, 2024 | Allison Chamberlain Named Inaugural Director of Rollins Doctor of Public Health Program
Allison Chamberlain, PhD, will serve as the inaugural director of the Rollins Doctor of Public Health program.
June 12, 2024 | Rollins Launches New Online Part-Time MPH Program
Starting in fall 2024, students can enroll in a new fully online, part-time Master of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health.
May 13, 2024 | Yang Liu Named 2024 Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award Winner
Liu was selected for his “exceptional teaching, commitment to students, and leadership to enhance the campus (and Atlanta) community” and was nominated by a number of his PhD students.
May 9, 2024 | Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist Receives Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Education
This award is extended to a faculty member from each of the university’s seven graduate and professional schools who “excel as teachers within formal and informal educational settings.”
April 25, 2024 | Rollins Health Education Institute Launching Summer 2024
RHEDI will offer continuing education for anyone who is interested in expanding their public health knowledge and skills.
April 9, 2024 | Rollins School of Public Health Ranked Third in the Nation
Rollins received a No. 3 ranking in U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 Best Graduate Programs.
March 11, 2024 | Rollins Faculty and Staff to Present at ASPPH
Rollins faculty and staff will present at a number of sessions during ASPPH's annual meeting March 21-23.
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.
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.
July 14, 2023 | The State of Maternal Nutrition
Rollins researchers discuss how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go.
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.
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.
May 23, 2023 | Class Act
Rollins recognized the 2023 graduating class on May 6 at the George W. Woodruff Physical Education Center Auditorium
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).
December 21, 2022 | Executive MPH Program Offering Online MPH for 2023
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.
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.
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.
November 19, 2021 | Rollins Recent Research Publications
October 29, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications
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.
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
August 12, 2021 | Meet Rollins’ ADAPs
This team of advisors supports students every step of the way
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.
December 18, 2020 | Rollins School of Public Health Launches New Certificate in Climate and Health
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
November 6, 2019 | Carmen Marsit New Associate Dean for Research
Dr. Marsit has been named as the new associate dean for research at Rollins.
November 4, 2019 | W. Dana Flanders Receives Abraham Lilienfeld Award
Professor Flanders epitomizes eminence in epidemiology teaching and research
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.
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.
April 17, 2019 | Sign up for the 2019 Social Determinants of Health Summer Institute
Registration has opened for the 2019 SDOH Summer Institute!
January 24, 2019 | BIOS PhD Students Recognized with Awards
Yikai Wang and Jeong Hoon Jang receive the Kutner and Livingston awards.
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.
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.
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
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.
July 6, 2018 | Emory doctoral graduate named Outstanding Dissertation Award recipient
Xu Ji wins Outstanding Dissertation Award
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
February 7, 2018 | Dabney P. Evans recipient of the 2018 ASPPH Early Career Public Health Teaching Award
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
October 24, 2017 | John McGowan Jr. Retires
October 23, 2017 | Emory Alumni Board honors scholars dedicated to making positive impacts
Elizabeth Odunaiya is a winner of the Emory Alumni Board scholarship.
October 10, 2017 | Rollins epidemiologist David Kleinbaum retires
Epidemiology professor David Kleinbaum has retired from Rollins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 5, 2017 | Carol Hogue Wins Jefferson Award
Carol Hogue wins 2017 Jefferson Award for a career dedicated to healthier families.
May 5, 2017 | Public health student helps communities in need
Rollins alum Iju Shakya has been actively involved with emergency response efforts globally.
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.
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.
February 1, 2017 | Dean Curran Statement on Immigration
Dean Curran releases a statement on immigration.
January 26, 2017 | From immigrant health to disability law, faculty exchanges broaden perspectives
Solveig Cunningham contemplates her time as a Fulbright grant recipient.
December 20, 2016 | Rollins researchers convene for regional conference on opioid epidemic
Rollins hosts opioid conference- Opioid Epidemic: Crafting an Effective Public Health Response
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."
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.
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.
September 9, 2016 | Foege Fellow is founder of Pan-African Medical Journal
Profile on alumnus Physician Landry Dongmo Tsague.
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.
June 22, 2016 | Faculty Spotlight: Dabney P. Evans
Profile about faculty member Dabney P. Evans.
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
May 16, 2016 | Getting to Zero
Getting to Zero: Experts weigh in on what it will take to end the AIDS epidemic
May 6, 2016 | Early architect of public health at Emory wins Scholar/Teacher Award
Nancy Thompson wins the Scholar/Teacher Award.
May 3, 2016 | Already a physician, Malawi native studies public health for social justice
Profile on student Davie Zolowere.
May 3, 2016 | Future pediatrician committed to reducing health care inequities
Profile story on MPH/MD student Aya Fanny.
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
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.
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
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
January 27, 2016 | Winship Cancer Institute joins national effort urging HPV vaccination
Winship Cancer Institute issues statement encouraging use of HPV vaccine
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
January 13, 2016 | School of Public Health names associate dean for Academic Affairs
Kim Arriola named associate dean for Academic Affairs
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.
