Physician and faculty member Vicki Teodorescu, one just 15% of U.S. vascular surgeons who are women, looks back at her decades-long career in healthcare: “To me, blood is the elixir of life, and if you can direct it, it’s miraculous.” Teodorescu started out in New York City first in design, then on Wall Street, before starting medical school
Emory College students are examining the aesthetic of adorableness through the lens of politics, race, gender and disability in the new “cute studies” course this spring.
Entrepreneurial faculty and their discoveries were recognized at the Office of Technology Transfer’s 17th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation on March 23. Awardees specialize in a range of disciplines including ethnobotany, radiology, nursing and antiviral studies.
Jaffar Khan, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Neurology in the Emory University School of Medicine, effective April 1, 2023. Khan, a professor of neurology, has led the department as interim chair since May 2021.
It wasn’t long ago that women’s heart health was barely a blip on the scientific community’s radar. Now, following the path carved out by pioneers like Nanette Wenger, Emory researchers and physicians like Viola Vaccarino are examine how stress impacts women’s heart health — as shown in this recently published NIH-funded study.
Today marks the launch of the Emory University-led collaborative project, Together TakeMeHome, the largest nationwide HIV self-testing program to date.
Emory scientists show how hidden infections of dengue fever, or cases of people who do not have symptoms, drive disease spread in an outbreak. These “super spreaders” are tied to a third of transmissions.
The JUSTICE exhibition at Science Gallery Atlanta examines the relationships between individuals and the systems that impact their lives by asking the central question, “What is justice?” The exhibition opens with Community Day on April 1.
Gene therapy is becoming reality for a number of diseases as researchers refine once-experimental approaches. Emory’s Genetic Clinical Trials Center was designed as a hub for testing the increasing number of products aimed at genetic diseases.
Emory's MD Class of 2023 experienced a rite of passage March 17, when students discovered where they are headed next on their journeys to become physicians. See the emotional moment when they learned where they matched to begin residency training.
An important moment in the history of research at Emory University occurred Wednesday afternoon when a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new Health Sciences Research Building II.
Emory College students Ben Thomas, Balwant-Amrit Singh, Alicia Yin and Carly Colen will spend the next year studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland as recipients of the prestigious Robert T. Jones Scholarship.
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Office of Well-Being and Healthy Emory have partnered to bring Emory employees an educational opportunity centering on healthy lifestyles and nutrition.
A new program covers the costs of U.S. passport fees for a limited number of Emory students receiving financial aid. Students whose applications are accepted can have their paperwork processed during Emory Passport Day on April 20.
Under the terms of a new research agreement, Emory University and Pfizer will work together to identify and evaluate potential antiviral compounds to combat COVID-19.
Two researchers at Emory have received a $1.3 million grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to precisely measure the cumulative health impact of environmental stressors on Atlanta neighborhoods.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments.
On March 27, Alistair Erskine will join Emory in the newly created positions of chief information and digital officer for Emory Healthcare and vice president of digital health for Emory University.
Emory alumna and wildlife biologist Rae Wynn-Grant is a featured speaker to launch this year’s Atlanta Science Festival, set for March 10 to 25. The festival is bigger and more expansive than ever.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
Julie Swann, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer (CNO) at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, has been elected to serve as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.
Four Emory Healthcare hospitals have been named top Georgia and U.S. hospitals, and one has been named a top global hospital, in Newsweek’s lists of World’s Best Hospitals 2023.
Many studies have found that inflammation contributes to several psychiatric disorders but developing drugs that target inflammation as a treatment for these conditions is proving to be difficult.
Dozens of undergraduates from Emory College and Oxford College discovered concrete next steps for their college careers and beyond at the first-ever Sophomore Summit, an intensive two-day retreat.
Published in PLOS One, Gari Clifford and his research team at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology used the MC10 Biostamp patch to analyze the movement and cardiac activity of people living with Rett syndrome.
Emory is participating in STAT Madness, a “March Madness”-style bracket competition featuring innovative scientific research instead of basketball teams.
Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics is the largest recipient of federal research dollars from the National Institutes of Health in 2022 for pediatrics departments.
A new grant from the Mellon Foundation will allow Emory to develop and advance the Imagining Democracy Lab, a teaching and research model for civic engagement and democratic participation. Carol Anderson and Bernard Fraga will lead the effort.
Families with children affected by a rare mutation in the CTCF gene formed a new community, with the goal of providing others with accurate information and facilitating their care.
An Emory University study published in Aging shows brain lesions, known as white matter hyperintensities (WMH), are associated with premature brain aging.
Emory University’s Global Safety and Security team offers helpful recommendations for those preparing for university-sponsored international travel. The team provides guidance to ensure the safety and well-being of travelers, address health and security concerns, and provide emergency response tools.
Critical care patients at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia, and Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Georgia, are receiving access to additional care and remote monitoring through Emory Healthcare’s eICU (electronic Intensive Care Unit) services, based in Atlanta.
A new genomic study led by Emory anthropologists finds that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador adapted to the tuberculosis bacterium around the time that agriculture began proliferating in the region and thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
The IPECP Project Awards provide WHSC faculty with the opportunity to create new or refine existing interprofessional programs across Emory’s three health professional schools and their health care partners.
Emory University continues to be ranked among the nation’s top universities for research funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to an independent ranking. The individual schools that make up Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center all ranked in the top 20 in their categories, with two in the top 10.
Emory College junior Hasset Nurelegne is one of only 12 recipients selected to receive the prestigious National Institutes of Health undergraduate scholarship for 2022-23.
Emory College alumna Layan Ibrahim has been named to the 2023-24 cohort of Luce Scholars. She will expand her research into neuropsychiatric disorders and the role religious cultures place in diagnosis and treatment.
New analysis by Emory sociologist Heeju Sohn and colleagues finds undocumented Mexican immigrants who are men and young, single and less educated appear to consistently be at higher risk for deportation even under different presidential administrations and policies.
The Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health and Emory Healthcare are collaborating with digital health company Linus Health to implement innovative digital cognitive assessments for primary care patients.
Attendees from across the Emory community gathered in Cannon Chapel Feb. 15 to share resources, actions and support for those locally and beyond who were affected by the earthquakes.
“Buried Truths,” the award-winning podcast based on Emory’s Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project course, devotes its new season to two 1958 police killings of Black men in Terrell County, Georgia. It will be available starting Feb. 22.
The Emory Center for Health in Aging has announced three innovative pilot projects, designed to spark new collaborations to promote well-being among older adults.
With this year’s Fulbright Award recipients, a total of 135 Emory students have received the award. Find out more about the flagship international academic exchange program and the deadlines for 2023 applications.
In the first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the virus that causes COVID-19, Emory researchers found two common wild plants that inhibit the virus’ ability to infect living cells.
The newly founded grassroots organization Frontline Immunity works to educate and mentor young students, who in turn become health and vaccine ambassadors in their own communities.
Diana Carter is now vice president and chief audit and risk officer for Emory University and Emory Healthcare, a role that took effect Feb. 1. She previously served as vice president of risk management and interim chief internal audit officer.
What began as a simple question years ago led to a program through Emory’s Urban Health Initiative known as the Rolling Suitcase Drive. Anyone can donate suitcases to benefit people helped by the Atlanta Mission.
Lauren Klein, whose research focuses on the digital humanities, data science and data studies, has been awarded the Chronos Faculty Fellowship in Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
Emory employee Wade Moricle and his family are awaiting official certification from the Guinness World Records Company for their 625-pound sticker ball. The multiyear project helped them stick together through the pandemic, a cancer diagnosis and treatments.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named six Emory faculty members as 2022 Fellows because of their efforts toward advancing science applications.
A Keck Foundation Award will allow Emory physicists Minsu Kim (left) and Justin Burton to explore how microbes adapt to living in the Earth’s atmosphere and the broader role that these organisms may play in the planet’s ecosystem.
Carlos del Rio, an internationally known clinician and epidemiologist, has been named interim dean for Emory School of Medicine. He will begin his appointment on March 1.
