Facilities / Affiliates
ROBERT W. WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
www.whsc.emory.edu
Mission Statement
“In all that we do in research, teaching, patient care, and service to the community, our common purpose is to serve humanity by improving human health. In other words—Making People Healthy.”
WHSC encompasses those components of Emory University responsible for the education of health professionals, research affecting health and illness, patient care, and policies for the prevention and treatment of disease.
The WHSC’s namesake, the legendary leader of The Coca-Cola Company, was a man whose vision and generosity left a lasting imprint on Emory and the city of Atlanta . Many of the WHSC facilities are located on or near Emory’s main campus, 631 acres that lie along the Clifton Corridor in a suburban area just 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta .
Thanks to our outstanding faculty, our professional schools rank among the highest in the nation. We attract top students and graduate them into the best postdoctoral training positions. Our research enterprise continues to be on of the fastest growing anywhere—at testimony of our faculty’s increasing share of peer-reviewed research awards. Faculty members are responsible for more than 3.6 million patient visits each year.
Teaching, research, and patient care—the WHSC’s core missions—are practiced at various hospitals owned or affiliated with Emory and at a number of Emory Healthcare sites and affiliates throughout the city, state, and region.
The following units comprise the WHSC:
Emory University School of Medicine
www.med.emory.edu
The School of Medicine , which celebrated its 150 th anniversary in 2004, is ranked among the nation’s finest institutions for education, biomedical research, and patient care. In addition to 480 medical students, the school trains 1,100 residents and fellows in 80 accredited programs. The school also has two joint degree programs: the MD/MPH and the MD/PhD, as well as five Health Professions programs, in which 420 students are currently enrolled. The Physician Assistant Program has been recently ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Reports. The Physical Therapy program has been ranked eighth in the country.
The faculty includes over 2,000 members in basic science and clinical departments, and close to 1,000 volunteer members. The school has 13,000 alumni (including medical school and residency programs), and one of every four physicians trained in Georgia was trained at Emory. Over 7,000 physicians and other healthcare professionals came to Emory last year to participate in one of the nation’s largest and most successful continuing medical education programs.
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
www.nursing.emory.edu
The School of Nursing produces nurse leaders in practice and research. Students who complete their undergraduate degree in nursing go on to leadership positions in a variety of institutions, such as hospitals, public health agencies, and schools around the world. The master’s program offers opportunities to specialize in advanced nursing practice in a number of clinical settings and roles. Graduates are qualified to seek certification as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and/or clinical nurse specialists. A dual degree option is available with the School of Public Health , with a new major in international nursing—a rare offering both in the United States and around the world. Registered nurses are able to enter the graduate program through a bridge plan. The doctoral program focuses on clinical research with emphasis on health policy, health outcomes, and ethics. The nursing school has more NIH-funded doctoral students than any other private nursing school in the United States .
Faculty and students are housed in a new state-of-the-art teaching pavillion and clinical skills laboratory located on the Clifton Corridor. The school has 65 full-time faculty and students learn from volunteer faculty at more than 300 clinical sites. The school has approximately10,000 alumni.
Rollins School of Public Health
www.sph.emory.edu
The Rollins School of Public Health offers the MPH degree for students in biostatistics, epidemiology, health policy and management, behavioral sciences and health education, global health, and environmental and occupational health. The school also offers a PhD program in biostatistics and epidemiology. There are over 4,500 alumni of the school of public health.
A leader in interdisciplinary studies, the school offers dual-degree programs with the schools of medicine, nursing, business, and law. Master’s degrees are also available with a concentration in clinical research and in Soviet, post-Soviet, and East European studies. The Career MPH is an internet-based program for mid-career public health professionals who wish to pursue a degree while employed.
Research funds support major research efforts in cancer epidemiology, nutrition, environmental and occupational health, AIDS education and prevention, youth violence, antibiotic resistance, health care costs and allocation of health resources, and micronutrient malnutrition.
Many of the 180 full-time faculty and over 200 adjunct faculty in six academic departments are linked by appointments, shared programs, or research grants with the nearby Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Carter Center, the American Cancer Society, CARE, the Arthritis Foundation, and numerous state and local public health agencies. Through these partnerships and in its role as a center for international health research and training, the Rollins School of Public Health helps make Atlanta the public health capital of the world.
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
www.yerkes.emory.edu
One of eight national primate research centers funded by the NIH, Yerkes is a multidisciplinary research institute recognized as a leader in biomedical and behavioral studies with nonhuman primates. Yerkes’ diverse research programs include 110 active research projects ranging from HIV vaccine development to social behavior.
The center has two facilities—the main center on the Emory campus, and a 117-acre satellite station in Lawrenceville , Georgia , where nonhuman primates are housed in large outdoor groups for sociobiological studies and breeding purposes.
In addition to over 300 staff members, Yerkes is home to 32 faculty scientists, plus 113 affiliate and 41 collaborative faculty, as well as over 70 research associates from Emory and other institutions. More than 150 graduate and undergraduate students participate in research and education programs at Yerkes.
Emory Healthcare
www.emoryhealthcare.org
Emory Healthcare is one of the nation's leading health systems located in Atlanta , Georgia . Emory Healthcare is the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in the state of Georgia , with revenues in excess of $1 billion and over 10,000 employees. Since 1915, Emory University has been at the forefront of medical knowledge and research, pioneering many of the procedures that have changed the face of medical history. As part of that heritage, Emory Healthcare was established to provide improved access to the physicians, resources and facilities that have grown with Emory through the years.
Today, the Emory Healthcare system encompasses:
Emory University Hospital
Emory Crawford Long Hospital
Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital and Center
Emory-Adventist Hospital (jointly owned by Adventist Health System)
Emory Dunwoody Medical Center
Emory Eastside Medical Center
Emory Clinic (10 locations)
Emory Children’s Center and Pediatric Clinic
Center for Rehabilitation Medicine
Center for Facial Aesthetics
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center
