Education and Training

Rollins School of Public Health

• Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health offers a wide range of graduate programs, including MPH, MSPH, MHA, PhD, and DrPH degrees. These programs are designed to prepare students for impactful careers in public health, with specialties ranging from global health and epidemiology to health policy and behavioral, social, and health education sciences (BSHES). Rollins combines rigorous academics with hands-on experience through fieldwork, internships, and partnerships with institutions like the CDC. The school also offers certificates and online options to support diverse interests and professional goals.

Atlanta VA Quality Scholars Program

• The VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program is the premier training program in quality improvement and patient safety at the United States Department for Veterans Affairs. For over 20 years, VA Quality Scholars has served as an international bellwether for training healthcare professionals in quality improvement scholarship, implementation science, and educational program design and evaluation. Through collaboration with regional partners – Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, WellStar and Morehouse School of Medicine, this program is known for providing Interprofessional mentorship, including professional development through additional training opportunities at Emory University’s School of Nursing, School of Public Health and Graduate Schools.

Georgia CTSA Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR)

• The Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) is a formal 30-credit Emory Laney Graduate School program, provides innovative didactic and mentored research training to those interested in pursuing a career in clinical and/or translational research. The MSCR degree is designed for predoctoral, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty from Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Georgia. The program includes twelve sites in different geographic locations across the United States.

T32 Grants

• The Emory Health Services Research Grant was awarded in July of 2023 with a goal of training post-doctoral candidates in health services research. A distinguishing feature of our program is the utilization of a multidisciplinary approach to expose trainees to multiple methods and research areas, from epidemiology and biostatistics to behavioral and social sciences, biological sciences, and health policy and implementation. Training includes multidisciplinary mentoring along with coursework, inter-departmental seminars, hands-on research, grant writing, and career development. Postdoctoral fellows are both MDs pursuing a career in health services research and PhD graduates in epidemiology, health policy, health economics, or other relevant fields. Post-doctoral trainees have the opportunity to obtain an MS in Clinical Research or a Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research and can select a personalized training pathway with didactic coursework, supplemented with online trainings from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and other health system-engaged experiences. The program concentrates on successful training and career development, supported by a diverse group of mentors and affiliated faculty from the School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing. We emphasize multidisciplinary training, collaborative research, presentation skills, and project management. We place significant emphasis on mentorship and career development as well. The ultimate goal of this program is to prepare individuals for leadership positions in health services research to improve outcomes in health care and health care systems.

• Past trainees:

  • Lucy Hart

• Current trainees:

  • Tessa Hulburt

  • Divya Verma

  • Rhonda Wright Smith