Education
September 20, 2024 | Event Helps Prepare Emory Public Health, Medical Students for Disease Outbreak Response
Students from Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine took part in an interdisciplinary tabletop exercise that challenged them to work together to effectively respond to an infectious disease outbreak scenario.
June 5, 2024 | Academic Partnerships Could Help Revitalize the Public Health Workforce. Here’s How.
A new Rollins-authored commentary published in Health Affairs highlights a possible solution to public health workforce shortages as modeled by the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program.
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 19, 2024 | CDC Director Shares Vision for Future of Public Health
On April 17, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen, MD, joined Rollins Dean M. Daniele Fallin, PhD, for a fireside chat. The event, sponsored by the CDC Employee Association of Emory Alumni, brought together these two public health leaders to discuss their shared vision for the future.
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.
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.
December 10, 2021 | Saving Lives by Training the Public Health Workforce in Diabetes Prevention
Emory's Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center has worked for more than 10 years to train and amplify a nationwide workforce to scale the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
November 23, 2021 | Moose Alperin Elected to APHA Executive Board and Awarded the Chair’s Citation
In her new role as an executive board member, Moose Alperin will work to ensure the organizational and fiscal health of APHA including a focus on increasing membership engagement and retention.
October 4, 2021 | Authors Share Best Practices for Global Health Training in a Post-COVID-19 Era
Dr. Scott McNabb is lead author on an article offering five key suggestions for improving the delivery of curricula to global health learners post-pandemic.
September 29, 2021 | Rollins Experts Provide COVID Prevention Guidance to Local School
Rollins community members are advising the GLOBE Academy in Atlanta on COVID-19 prevention measures.
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.
September 20, 2021 | Commentary Emphasizes Need for Collective Responsibility in COVID-19 Response
Dabney P. Evans is an author on a recent commentary that examines moral issues affiliated with masking guidance and public health messaging in the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 20, 2021 | Inaugural Rollins Innovation Summit Launches This August
The summit will train industry leaders to develop skills for public health solutions for business growth and social good.
November 20, 2020 | Recent Rollins Research Publications
October 30, 2020 | Environmental Health Students Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Current students from the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health work to fight the global pandemic.
June 1, 2020 | Region IV Public Health Training Center Responds to COVID-19
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.
December 12, 2019 | Rollins Student Wins 2019 Donald A. Pegg Student Leadership Award
EMPH student Krystyna Rastorguieva was recognized with this award by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
November 4, 2019 | W. Dana Flanders Receives Abraham Lilienfeld Award
Professor Flanders epitomizes eminence in epidemiology teaching and research
April 22, 2019 | LGBTQ Health Conference is May 30-June 1
Emory University will host the 6th National LGBTQ Health Conference from May 30-June 1, 2019
February 4, 2019 | Rollins Faculty Named President-Elect of SOPHE
Cam Escoffery is the new president-elect of the Society for Public Health Education.
December 19, 2018 | ASPPH Leaders Meet at CDC
Several ASPPH member deans, including Rollins Dean James W. Curran, met with CDC Director Robert R. Redfield.
November 20, 2018 | Rollins is hiring for two dean positions
Rollins is looking to hire an associate dean for research and an associate dean for public health practice
October 16, 2018 | FDA regulation has failed to close birth defects prevention gap
JAMA research letter finds FDA regulation permitting folic acid fortification of corn masa flour has fallen short of expectations.
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.
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.
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
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.
March 30, 2018 | Rollins Students Receive Healthcare Innovation Seed Grants
Grants go toward funding research and education projects addressing health care quality, costs and/or access.
February 7, 2018 | Dabney P. Evans recipient of the 2018 ASPPH Early Career Public Health Teaching Award
December 12, 2017 | Study finds link between marriage age and long-term economic empowerment for women in Egypt
Study in Egypt finds positive correlation between delaying marriage until adulthood and women's long-term economic empowerment
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."
November 30, 2016 | Emory experts take on the HIV paradox
HIV rates of infected men who have sex with men in some Southern cities twice as high as the national average.
November 17, 2016 | Parents' perceptions of neighborhood safety have impact on kids' physical activity
Kids from neighborhoods perceived as safe by parents are more active, according to study.
October 6, 2016 | The Task Force for Global Health receives world's largest humanitarian prize
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded The Task Force for Global Health with the Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
May 6, 2016 | Early architect of public health at Emory wins Scholar/Teacher Award
Nancy Thompson wins the Scholar/Teacher Award.
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 13, 2016 | School of Public Health names associate dean for Academic Affairs
Kim Arriola named associate dean for Academic Affairs
