Exposome
April 8, 2025 | Rollins Community Engagement Work Featured in Guidebook
Emory University’s Hercules Exposome Research Center's Community Engagement Core (CEC) and Stakeholder Advisory Board co-authored a chapter in the Principles of Community Engagement, third edition, a national practical guide to community engagement.
March 7, 2025 | Health Wanted: The Exposome
The exposome is an expansive concept that encompasses everything in the environment a person is exposed to throughout their lifetime.
January 16, 2025 | Improved Radon Maps Can Help Prevent Lung Cancer in the U.S.
In November, the White House convened a roundtable of radon researchers to share their expertise, including Longxiang Li, ScD, assistant professor of environmental health at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. Li shared insights from his efforts to update nationwide radon concentration maps, which were recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
September 26, 2024 | Rollins Researchers Part of $39.5M Effort to Revolutionize Drug Efficacy, Safety
A newly announced research effort aims to make medications safer and more effective, by studying the environmental, genetic, and lifestyle factors that contribute to both drug efficacy and negative drug interactions.
August 16, 2024 | Health Wanted: Microplastics and PFAS
On this week’s episode of Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Carmen Marsit, PhD, talk about how microplastics and forever chemicals get into the environment and our bodies, how they impact our health, and what we can do about it.
July 31, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Cancer Genomic Services in Latino Communities, PFAS in Pesticides, and the Sustainability of Water Filtration Interventions
This month, Rollins researchers authored papers on a wealth of public health topics. Find summaries of a few highlights here.
July 26, 2024 | Donghai Liang Receives Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Donghai Liang, PhD, assistant professor of environmental health, was recently selected to receive the 2024 Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award.
April 19, 2024 | Ask an Expert: Forever Chemicals, PFAS, and Environmental Health with Carmen Marsit
Carmen Marsit talks about PFAS in the context of recent FDA and EPA announcements, the impact of these chemicals on human health, and what's next.
April 17, 2024 | Investigating the Health Risks of Household Air Pollution
The HAPIN Trial followed 3200 families in Peru, Guatemala, Rwanda, and India for 18 months to see if using alternate fuel for cooking would reduce exposure to household air pollution and harmful health effects. Principal investigator Thomas F. Clasen, PhD, reflects on the trial and where the study is going from here.
April 8, 2024 | New Study Shows Air Pollution Increases Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers found positive biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in the cerebrospinal fluid of participants who were exposed to ambient and traffic-related air pollution at their homes.
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.
February 22, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health, Breastfeeding to Curb Antibiotic Resistance, and Experiences of Violence in People Living with HIV
Summaries of a handful of research articles published by Rollins faculty in open access publications recently.
February 21, 2024 | Study Shows Physical Changes in the Brain After Long-Term Exposure to Traffic Pollution Related to an Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers found an association between traffic-related air pollution exposure and indications of Alzheimer's disease in brain tissue.
January 24, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Health Interventions for Pregnant People, Hypertension in Couples, and Household Air Pollution
This month, Rollins researchers authored papers on a wealth of public health topics. Find summaries of a few highlighted papers here.
December 18, 2023 | Rollins Research Review: Foodborne Illness Transmission, Air Pollution and Pregnancy, and COVID-19 Prevention Practices
Summaries of impactful studies published by Rollins authors in December.
November 10, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications
Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.
October 27, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications
Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.
October 20, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications
Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.
October 18, 2023 | Study Shows Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood May Impact U.S. Girls' Puberty
A new study by researchers from Emory University and Harvard University found that girls who had higher exposure to air pollution throughout their childhoods tended to have their first periods sooner.
October 17, 2023 | 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Homes, Humans, and Drinking Water, Study Finds
A study led by researchers from Rollins School of Public Health was one of the first to find an emerging class of “forever chemicals” in the homes, drinking water, and bodies of United States residents.
September 15, 2023 | Emory Researchers Find 'Forever Chemicals' in Newborns for the First Time
A study led by Emory University into the exposures of pregnant women is believed to be the first to detect PFAS in newborns and show that exposure to these chemicals during pregnancy increases the likelihood of preterm or early term births.
November 19, 2021 | Study Shows Exposure to Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s and Other Neurological Disorders
The study is the first nationwide analysis of the links between key criteria air pollutants and neurodegeneration incidence in the United States Medicare population.
September 15, 2021 | HERCULES: Recognizing Eight Years of Impact
The external environment and human health are inextricably linked. This relationship, referred to as the “exposome,” is at the center of all research activities led by HERCULES.
January 27, 2020 | Donghai Liang Elected to ISES Board of Directors
June 12, 2018 | Rollins researchers receive $3.7M to study World Bank's urban water supply improvement project in Mozambique
Researchers are studying the impact of a five-year, $140 million water improvement project in Mozambique
May 30, 2017 | HERCULES Exposome Research Center receives $7.5 million grant renewal from NIH
The HERCULES Exposome Research Center received a $7.5 million renewal in funding for the next five years from NIH.
October 17, 2016 | Emory receives record $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016
Emory brings in $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016
