Research
Research at Rollins is Your Call to Action
Research at Rollins is more than an academic pursuit. It’s an invitation to create real change. We give you the tools and support to take on the biggest public health issues—infectious disease, chronic illness, reproductive health, pollution—to improve lives right here in Georgia, across the U.S., and internationally.
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How Rollins Put Wastewater Surveillance on the Map
Virus hunting in sewage wasn't a new disease-control concept. But when COVID-19 researchers noticed SARS-CoV-2 leaving the human body through waste, Rollins researchers turned it into a critical outbreak tracking tool.
Explore Research Pathways
Rollins supports interdisciplinary research across 30 specialty centers and labs. Programs like the Emory Prevention Research Center, Hercules Exposome Research Center and Biostatics Consulting Center address public health crises for every walk of life.
Find Your Research Focus
Devote your study to urgent issues like reproductive health and diabetes or methods like qualitative research and econometrics. Find your own tailored approach.
Reproductive Health and Justice
Behavioral, social, and health education sciences researchers work with the Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast to improve reproductive health in Georgia and beyond through a lens of justice and equity.
Air Pollution & Respiratory Health
The Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health collaborates with local and global partners to further air quality and pollution research in the interest of human health.
Diabetes and Chronic Disease
Hubert Department of Global Health researchers advance scholarship on diabetes and other non-communicable diseases around the world—like stroke, hypertension, and heart disease—at the Global Diabetes Research Center.
Brain, Heart, Breast, and Prostate Imaging
The Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics’ Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics houses a collaborative public health unit conducting statistical analysis on biomedical imaging data. Researchers' core concerns? Body MVPs like the brain, cardiac system, breasts, and prostate.
Infectious Disease
The Department of Epidemiology puts infectious diseases like HIV, tuberculosis and COVID-19 under the microscope. At Emory's Center for AIDS Research and the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling & Analytics, students and faculty dig deep to understand these diseases.
Mental Health and Substance Use
The Department of Health Policy and Management bridges the gap between mental health science and smart public policy. Researchers study anxiety, substance use, and other mental health issues to influence legislation that improves lives.
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Dive Into Active Research
Turn big questions into real answers by working alongside faculty in our state-of-the-art labs. Our research support provides you with the resources needed to turn ideas into change.