Health Policy and Management


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    March 27, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Medication Abortion Knowledge, Pollen and Cardiovascular Disease, and Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Screening

    Summaries of a handful of research articles published by Rollins faculty in open access publications recently.

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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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    January 22, 2024 | Forecasting the Future

    Rollins leadership share insights on what public health issues may take center stage this year.

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    January 17, 2024 | Dr. Stephen W. Patrick Joins Rollins as HPM Chair

    Patrick was selected after a competitive national search. He begins his position June 1, 2024.

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    December 6, 2023 | Impact of Medicaid Expansion on People Below the Poverty Line Who Inject Drugs

    Study examines role of Medicaid expansion on people who inject drugs living below the federal poverty line.

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    September 22, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

    Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.

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    September 15, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

    Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.

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    June 14, 2023 | Ask an Expert: Youth Mental Health With Janet R. Cummings

    Dr. Cummings discusses the youth mental health crisis, barriers to improvement, and opportunities for change

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    May 4, 2023 | The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: What it Means

    Rollins researchers discuss the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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    January 18, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

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    November 10, 2022 | R. Randall Rollins Building dedication honors legacy of Rollins family, positions school for continued excellence

    The R. Randall Rollins Building is a testament to the vision of advancing public health. It exemplifies the sense of being on a public health campus - one whose guiding principles include "community, wellness, flexibility, identity, and hospitality."

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    May 23, 2022 | Emory Researchers Urge for a World Health Assembly Resolution on Universal Mandatory Folic Acid Fortification to Prevent Disabilities and Deaths in Infants Worldwide

    A new health policy article led by researchers from Emory’s Center for Spina Bifida Prevention places an urgent call for the World Health Assembly to take immediate action and to pass a resolution to make universal folic acid fortification of common staples mandatory.

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    April 7, 2022 | Recent Rollins Publications

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    March 28, 2022 | Commentary Offers Five Specific Suggestions for State Policymakers to Improve School Mental Health Services

    Rollins researchers, Janet R. Cummings and Adam S. Wilk recently authored a commentary in JAMA Pediatrics that offers state legislators strategies for improving child mental health programs and services in school settings.

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    February 10, 2022 | Recent Rollins Publications

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    November 19, 2021 | Rollins Recent Research Publications

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    June 18, 2021 | Recent Research Publications

    Rollins faculty are prolific authors and collaborators on articles that advance research, provoke thought, and inspire action. This is an abbreviated list of recent publications.

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    May 12, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    April 21, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    April 7, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    March 24, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

  • 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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    February 24, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    February 10, 2021 | PhD Student Angie Lisbeth Cruz Receives the 2020-2021 Kharen Fulton Diversity Graduate Award

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    February 10, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    January 6, 2021 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    December 21, 2020 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    November 20, 2020 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    November 6, 2020 | Recent Rollins Research Publications

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    July 27, 2020 | Dr. Courtney Yarbrough Receives K01 to Study OUD Treatment Adoption Among Primary Care Providers

    Dr. Courtney R. Yarbrough, Rollins Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, has received a five-year professional development grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to further OUD research.

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    June 18, 2020 | Recent Research Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    June 18, 2020 | Rollins COVID-19 Research

    Rollins faculty, staff, and students are actively engaged with the COVID-19 response. These are a few of the projects planned or underway.

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    May 29, 2020 | Rollins Announces COVID-19 Pilot Grant Award Recipients

    Five projects received funding to support the immediate need for COVID-19-related research.

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    April 23, 2020 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    March 5, 2020 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    February 27, 2020 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    February 20, 2020 | Emory University and Kaiser Permanente study finds improved health outcomes after portal, phone app use

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    February 13, 2020 | Faculty Recognized for Research

    Rollins held a faculty research recognition reception to recognize our faculty's extraordinary efforts in research.

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    February 13, 2020 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    January 30, 2020 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    January 16, 2020 | Ilana Graetz Guest Editor-in-Chief of AJMC's IT Issue

    Graetz edited the ninth annual IT issue of The American Journal of Managed Care, out now.

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    December 19, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    December 5, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    November 21, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    November 14, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    November 7, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    October 31, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    September 19, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    September 5, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    August 15, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    August 1, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    July 19, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    July 3, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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    June 27, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent student and faculty publications.

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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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    June 20, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    June 13, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    June 6, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    May 30, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    May 10, 2019 | The Change Maker: Aisha Mahmood Receives the 2019 Heart of Emory Award

    Rollins first-year HPM student, Aisha Mahmood, receives the Heart of Emory Award.

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    April 25, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    April 24, 2019 | Despite increase in insurance coverage for depression, growth in spending remains modest

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    April 18, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    April 18, 2019 | Rollins Student 2019 Emory Graduate Student Leader of the Year

    Rosa Abraha has been recognized for her outstanding leadership qualities by the University.

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    April 15, 2019 | Modifications to Medicare's payment system could support care innovation for growing dialysis population

    Researchers suggest adjustments to recently proposed rule changes on how Medicare pays for dialysis services.

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    April 11, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    March 21, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    March 14, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    March 7, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    February 27, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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    February 20, 2019 | Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

    Read about recent faculty publications.

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

    Xu Ji wins Outstanding Dissertation Award

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    May 23, 2018 | Georgia Climate Research Roadmap identifies state's top 40 climate research questions

    This list of questions can help policymakers and practitioners better understand and address climate change in Georgia.

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    March 21, 2018 | US antibiotic-resistant infection treatment costs doubled between 2002 and 2014

    First national estimate of the costs for treating antibiotic-resistant infections sees treatment costs doubled

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    October 16, 2017 | Disassociating advocacy efforts from the Affordable Care Act can make them more effective, researcher finds

    Paper shows that avoiding talk of the Affordable Care Act made some advocacy efforts more effective.

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    October 4, 2017 | Researchers emphasize health benefits of contraceptive insurance coverage

    Article highlights the benefits of hormonal contraceptives and the need to continue coverage on health insurance plans

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    September 27, 2017 | NIH supports Emory tobacco control models in Eastern Europe

    Rollins researchers received a $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center to establish tobacco control models in low- and middle-income countries.

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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.

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    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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    August 7, 2017 | Study: Childhood obesity between ages 5 and 14 could be adult obesity indicator

    Study shows obesity in early childhood is frequently not a passing phase and poses long term risks.

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    June 22, 2017 | What it will take to defeat diabetes?

    This feature from Rollins magazine highlights some of the diabetes research Rollins researchers are conducting globally.

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    June 7, 2017 | U.S. could learn from success of East African strategy in curbing HIV epidemic

    Emory infectious disease experts write an editorial in JAMA describing global progress toward achieving UNAIDS targets for 2020

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    May 23, 2017 | Television viewing a predictor of weight change in children over time

    Study shows that television viewing habits were the primary predictor of weight gain over time.

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    May 16, 2017 | Rollins researcher receives $3.7 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study how childhood factors can impact adult function

    Aryeh Stein receives $3.7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study how childhood factors can impact adult function

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    May 15, 2017 | Diabetes: Fighting the epidemic the way public health has fought HIV

    Rollins researchers are exploring prevention strategies used in HIV prevention to lower rates of diabetes

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    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 26, 2017 | Rollins Professor Named Carnegie Fellow

    Polly J. Price named one of 35 recipients of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie fellowship.

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    April 3, 2017 | Small world, big impact: Emory Global Health Institute channels resources to those in need

    The Emory Global Health Institute was created to serve major large scale efforts around the world.

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    February 17, 2017 | Gaps identified in HIV care continuum research

    Biggest gap in HIV care continuum is the retention and reengagement of persons living with HIV into effective HIV care.

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    February 10, 2017 | Emory and partners receive NIH funding to establish collaborative diabetes research center

    Emory and partners receive NIH funding to establish collaborative diabetes research center.

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    January 27, 2017 | Study highlights role of person-to-person spread in drug-resistant TB epidemics

    Person-to-person transmission is driving the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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    January 27, 2017 | Study shows clinical and community-based linkages in Mexican primary care settings can increase physical activity levels

    Adding physical activity counseling and referrals to community-based programming could improve health in Mexico.

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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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    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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    July 6, 2016 | Major clinical trial led to steep declines in use of an ineffective breast cancer treatment

    Some women with early stage breast cancer do not benefit from surgery says study.

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    June 6, 2016 | Decline of public substance use disorder treatment facilities has greater impact on counties with more black residents

    Study finds overall decline of drug treatment facilities has affected more counties with black residents than other races.

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    January 13, 2016 | Studies show tobacco control lags in Southeast, with perception gaps between lawmakers and the public

    Research shows lagging progress on tobacco control in Southeast