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Emory-led ENRICH trial proves minimally invasive stroke treatment superior, sets new care standard
Groundbreaking results from a six-year clinical trial investigating treatment for hemorrhagic strokes, led by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, show the minimally invasive approach under study is safe and superior to the current standard of care, marking a major advancement in the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the deadliest form of stroke. The findings were…
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New Emory study shows air pollution increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
A new Emory University study has found that adults exposed to high levels of air pollution were at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. In a study of 1,113 participants between the ages of 45-75 from the Emory Healthy Brain Study, all of whom were from the Atlanta metropolitan area, the researchers found positive biomarkers…
Emory innovations and their inventors recognized at annual ceremony
Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer recently held its 18th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation, where it honored outstanding scientists, research and innovations at Emory. The event kicked off with an awards presentation spotlighting superlative projects in seven categories. Awardees represented several schools across the university, including the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the departments of pediatrics and…
Emory Initiative for Arts and Humanistic Inquiry awards new grants for creative programming
Four faculty-led arts programs are the first recipients of funding through the Emory Initiative for Arts and Humanistic Inquiry. Launched in fall 2023, the initiative seeks to advance understanding of the human experience and respond to today’s challenges by funding creative programming, recruiting faculty in the arts and humanities and supporting expanded programming at the Bill…
Atlanta Science Festival returns to inspire discovery for all ages
The Atlanta Science Festival returns March 9-23, inviting curious kids and adults to explore all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Experts in these fields — including many members of the Emory community — will serve as educational guides for more than 150 interactive events. “The Atlanta Science Festival aims to bring the community together through…
Emory’s Reframes project aims to help others embrace the power of reframing life’s unexpected moments
Part of being human is to make mistakes and missteps. With faculty, staff and alumni sharing their personal stories, Emory University is introducing “Reframes: Discovering the Possible,” a student-facing project seeking to ignite a conversation about embracing the power of reframing unexpected moments in life. Growing up, Joanne Williams was fascinated with the field of…
Emory Libraries exhibit examines intersecting lives, work of Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker
Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is currently hosting a major exhibition that brings together, for the first time, the lives and work of three Georgia-born artists: painter/illustrator Benny Andrews and writers Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker. “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker,” located in the Schatten Gallery on Level 3…
HHS awards Emory up to $5 million to expand access, care at Emory and Grady long COVID clinics
Emory University has been awarded $1 million for up to five years to expand access and care to its multidisciplinary long COVID clinics at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Grady Memorial Hospital. A main focus of the grants, which are the first of their kind, will be on underserved, rural and minority populations that are disproportionately impacted by…
Emory’s nursing school receives federal grant to prepare nurse anesthetists for service in underserved communities
Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to participate in its Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program, to prepare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) for service in rural, urban and tribal underserved communities. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists are highly skilled, advanced practice nurses licensed and certified to administer anesthesia…
Emory nursing school receives $3.5 million to study online tool for caregivers of persons with dementia
When family members and friends begin caregiving for a loved one with dementia, their attention is immediately drawn to how best to manage their person’s day-to-day health and well-being. What is less apparent is how many health care, legal, financial, social service, and family systems they will need to navigate along the way — and…
Emory launches new program to improve health equity by accelerating disease diagnostic research
Striving to ensure advanced medical technologies are reaching the populations who need them most, Emory’s Center for the Advancement of Diagnostics for a Just Society (ADJUST) is launching this year as part of NIH’s RADx program. The last several years have demonstrated that new technologies are steadily allowing for the diffusion of disease diagnosis and monitoring out…
Symposium hosted by Emory addresses maternal health crisis facing women across Georgia
The numbers are stark. Women in Georgia are nearly twice as likely to die during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy than the national rate, and Black women in the state are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. This issue was the basis of conversation at an event…
New Emory institute harnesses the power of AI to improve health equity, patient outcomes
Emory University is embarking on a new initiative that will unite the power of machine learning and big data to transform the ways in which health care systems prevent, diagnose, treat and cure diseases on a global scale. Launching this month under the umbrella of Emory’s AI.Humanity initiative, the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute will utilize…
Emory University establishes center to study how climate change impacts human health
A team of researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health has been awarded a $3.8M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a center to study the impacts of climate change on health and help develop action-oriented strategies to protect the health of individuals and communities. Emory was one of the first…
Artists bring new perspectives to Emory classrooms through Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program
The Arts and Social Justice (ASJ) Fellows Program enters its fourth year of programming, welcoming seven Atlanta-based artists to classes across the university this fall. The cohort of artists includes Antonio David Lyons, Adán Bean, Bird Harris, Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Meredith Gordon, Nia Jackson and W.J. Lofton. With the support of Emory University’s Office of…
Emory receives $9.2 million award to help diversify U.S. research ecosystem
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $9.2 million to Emory University to support the expansion of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) Consultants Program, which is dedicated to diversifying the U.S. research ecosystem. The NORDP Consultants Program provides research development services to minority-serving institutions (MSIs), including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and…
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