Grants and Funding


  • Lauren McCullough

    March 6, 2024 | Rollins Researcher to Examine Cancer Inequities with Cancer Grand Challenges Grant

    Lauren McCullough is part of an international team that has received a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges grant.

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    February 23, 2024 | New Funding Awarded to Two Projects Working to Strengthen Evidence-Based Large-Scale Food Fortification

    The Food Fortification Initiative, based at Rollins, has received funding from the BIll & Melinda Gates Foundation for two projects aimed at large-scale food fortification efforts.

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    November 13, 2023 | Rollins PhD Students to Battle Campus Sexual Harassment in Pakistan

    Two PhD students at Rollins were awarded a grant to support a partnership with universities in Pakistan to address campus sexual harassment.

  • RSPH 2022 Year of Impact

    December 1, 2022 | 2022: A Year of Impact

    The past year has been a monumental one for the Rollins School of Public Health.

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    September 20, 2022 | Emory Receives CDC Award to Deliver 1 Million Rapid HIV Self-tests Across the Country

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    August 29, 2022 | Post-Doctoral Fellow Receives Grant from NASA to Improve Environmental Justice in Metro Atlanta

    Yun Hang was awarded a one-year grant by NASA’s Applied Sciences program to assess the feasibility of using NASA Earth Observations to support science education and decision-making in Metro Atlanta’s environmental justice communities.

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    March 23, 2022 | Emory, CDC Foundation, CDC, Gates Foundation Team Up to Evaluate Tuberculosis Preventative Treatment

    The CDC Foundation and CDC are partnering with Sarita Shah, MD, MPH, an Emory University researcher, on a three-year, $4.76 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate TB preventative treatment in six countries.

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    December 16, 2021 | Rollins Faculty Speaks at Congressional Briefing on Stillbirth

    Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of epidemiology, presented on stillbirth research at a recent Congressional hearing.

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    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.

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    June 28, 2021 | Georgia Climate Project receives $300,000 grant from Ray C. Anderson Foundation

    The project will engage a diverse network of experts to develop and disseminate knowledge on climate impacts and solutions through webinars, workshops, and an online Georgia climate information portal.

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    June 24, 2021 | Emory Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Conduct COVID-19 Surveillance Through Detection of SARS Coronavirus-2 in Wastewater

    The study will focus on underserved and vulnerable populations around the Atlanta community where the burden of COVID-19 may be under-recognized.

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    November 14, 2020 | Diabetes Prevention Project Receives $100,000 Grant for Soccer-Based Program

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    October 23, 2020 | With NIH grant, Emory researchers aim to increase COVID-19 testing for people affected by diabetes

    Part of the RADx initiative, researchers received a $5 million grant from the NIH to increase COVID-19 testing for people affected by diabetes in Georgia.

  • Caitlin Allen

    September 15, 2020 | PhD Student Awarded NIH’s Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award

    Caitlin Allen will dedicate the next six years conducting research that seeks to reduce cancer disparities.

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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.

  • Milkie Vu

    September 20, 2019 | Ha Ngan Vu Receives F31 NRSA Fellowship

    Student receives a three-year $135,000 fellowship to support her research surrounding HPV vaccine uptake.

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    August 26, 2019 | Gilead COMPASS Initiative to accept proposals from organizations to end HIV in the South

    COMPASS is seeking applications for their Transformative Grant until September 23, 2019.

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    July 25, 2019 | Injury Prevention Research Center awarded $4.2 million by CDC

    The CDC has awarded $4.2 million over the next five years to fund the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory

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    February 7, 2019 | Researchers launch partnership with CARE's Tipping Point Project for Child, Early and Forced Marriage Study

    Global Research for Women (GROW) is partnering with CARE to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh and Nepal

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    December 10, 2018 | Researchers receive grant to study poultry-carried pathogens and prevention strategies in Mozambique

    The Chicken Exposures and Enteric Pathogens in Children Exposed through Environmental Pathways study recently received $600,000 in funding.

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    December 3, 2018 | Georgia Climate Project receives grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation

    Emory University received a $650,000 grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation to support the work of the Georgia Climate Project.

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    November 30, 2018 | Coordinating centers of Gilead COMPASS Initiative® announce 2019 grant recipients

    The coordinating centers of the Gilead COMPASS Initiative announced 32 recipients of the 2019 Transformative Grant.

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    November 28, 2018 | December 1 is World AIDS Day

    December 1, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day.

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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 | Global health seed grants support multidisciplinary faculty research

    Two Rollins faculty, Melissa Young and Thomas Clasen, received EGHI seed grants.

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    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

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    May 11, 2018 | Public health researchers study gut microbiome implications on child health

    Researchers received a grant to determine if gut microbiome characteristics are associated with differential responses to enteropathogen infections for acute and chronic child health outcomes.

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    April 26, 2018 | Rollins researchers receive IBM grant to study impact of climate change on health

    Howard Chang and Yang Liu have received one of IBM's Climate Change and Environmental grants

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    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.

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    December 21, 2017 | Emory researchers and colleagues receive $1.2 million grant for hepatitis C elimination research

    Researchers receive $1.2 million grant to study the elimination of hepatitis C virus

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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.

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    December 4, 2017 | From tiny seeds communities flourish

    The HERCULES Exposome Research Center is giving 13 $2,500 grants to community outreach efforts around Atlanta.

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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 14, 2017 | RISE research center receives $6.8M to pursue reproductive health research in Southeast

    RISE has received $6.8 million in funding for the next three years from a large, private, anonymous foundation.

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    September 14, 2017 | Care2Hope project receives $1.16M grant from NIDA

    Research project received $1.16 million in funding over the next two years through a cooperative agreement with NIDA.

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    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.

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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 8, 2017 | Emory Center for AIDS Research receives $10 million NIH renewal

    The Center for AIDS Research at Emory University received a five-year, $10 million award from the National Institutes of Health.

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    March 2, 2017 | Rollins School of Public Health and HealthMPowers receive $2.5 million from RWJF for youth physical activity study

    Study looks at link between physical activity and academic achievement among elementary students in Georgia.

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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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    December 2, 2016 | School of Public Health receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for groundbreaking research in global health and development

    Kristin Wall's project is being funded by Grand Challenges Explorations Grant.

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    October 27, 2016 | Emory, local health clinic and corporate partner collaborate to combat diet-related disease

    Rollins is part of a team that won a $25,000 grant from GE.

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    October 18, 2016 | NIH awards $30M to Emory, Johns Hopkins, Colorado State for household air pollution study

    Rollins awarded $30 million to study impact of cleaner burning cooking stoves on household air pollution.

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    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

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    October 3, 2016 | Rollins School of Public Health part of NASA team studying air pollution

    Rollins is working with NASA to develop the world's first public health satellite mission.

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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.