Author Archives: Emory University

Emory University received more federal research dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than ever before and continued to climb in an independent ranking of peer institutions. The Fiscal Year 2020 rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research compare schools and departments across the United States on the basis of NIH funding. Overall, Emory […]

Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year, and more than 10 million people worldwide are living with the disease, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have received a landmark commitment to accelerate the scope and impact of Parkinson’s disease studies and to position Georgia […]

Dr. Aneesh Mehta stood in the still hallway outside the hospital room where his patient lay dying. Just days earlier, Mehta had discussed treatment options with the vital and alert elderly businessman who came in with COVID-19. The patient was interested in Emory’s clinical trial of the antiviral remdesivir, which Mehta was leading.   Now he […]

By Emory University The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program (EHVP), which is celebrating its five-year anniversary during November’s National Veterans & Military Families Month, is expanding its virtual telemedicine services to include 13 states across the country. EHVP psychologists are now credentialed through the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), allowing them to provide telemedicine services to warriors (post-9/11 veterans […]

By Emory Univeristy Witnessing the gaps in local medical care in his South Texas border town, Fabian Robles was left with a single, crystallized vision — he would go to college, become a pediatrician, return home and serve his community.  Just how he would pull it off wasn’t so clear. As a high school student […]

By Emory University Science Gallery Atlanta at Emory University will explore the twin themes of addiction and recovery in its inaugural exhibition, topics of particular relevance as mental health concerns climb because of the pandemic. The exhibition titled “Hooked,” is made possible by a $126,500 grant from Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation. […]

By Emory University Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Emory University School of Medicine and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received an additional $18.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their verification of COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The funding is from the NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program, an initiative designed to […]

“Buried Truths,” the award-winning podcast based on Emory University’s Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project course, devotes its new season to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The seven-episode series, based on research by students and professor Hank Klibanoff, is now available. By Emory University “Buried Truths,” the award-winning podcast based on the Emory College course […]

Featured Image: (L-R) Barbara Johnson, Elizabeth Matthews and Mikisha Johnson. When Elizabeth Matthews (center, pictured with daughter Barbara Johnson, left, and Mikisha Johnson, right) had a stroke, doctors discovered she also had COVID-19. From strokes to mental health, the Emory Brain Health Center is leading research on the neurological effects of the pandemic. By Emory […]

Featured Image: The new Emory Arts and Social Justice Fellows program allows Emory faculty and students to collaborate with Atlanta artists to explore racial injustice and other inequities. Participating artists (clockwise from left) are Olivia Dawson, Shanequa Gay, Ash Nash, Garrett Turner, Fahamu Pecou and Okorie “OkCello” Johnson. By Emory University Amid a groundswell of […]

Featured Image: The Emory team members, from left: Jason Choi, Ali Ahmadvand, Ruixiang Zi, Jinho Choi, Xiangjue Dong, Zihan Wang, Sarah Fillwock, Harshita Sahijwani, Sergey Volokhin, Zihao Wang, James Fince and Chenxi Xu. Not pictured are Han He, Jiaying Lu and Liyan Xu. By Emory University A team of Emory University students won Amazon’s 2020 […]

By Emory University For the ninth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2020-2021 Best Hospitals guide. (Emory University Hospital includes Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital and Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods.) Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital ranked No. 2 in […]

By Emory University A newly received landmark donation will play a vital part in the student experience at Oxford College of Emory University and the preservation of its historic campus. The estates of Emy and Duane Blair have given funds to Oxford College in the amount of $8.4 million, the largest individual cash gift in […]

The COVID-19 Health Equity Dashboard, developed by Emory University, allows users to compare counties within the same state, aggregating key metrics that tell a story of a community’s social and economic health. By Emory University Although COVID-19 has swept across the entire country, its burden has not been spread equally. Some communities—particularly those with a large […]

Featured Image: The Peavine parking decks are among the 16 campus buildings currently slated for solar panel installation. Rendering courtesy of Cherry Street Energy. By Emory University Emory University will install more than 15,000 solar panels across 16 buildings on its Druid Hills campus, which will generate approximately 10 percent of Emory’s peak energy requirements […]