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11/19/2025

Eleven Emory faculty have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025, joining the ranks of the world’s most productive and influential scholars. Clarivate, a British-American scientific data and analytics firm, compiles its list based on a worldwide search for scientists and academics with the highest level of scholarly activity.

Eleven Emory faculty members are among the list of the world's most influential and highly cited researchers for 2025, as compiled by the data analytics firm Clarivate.

11/18/2025

A $2.5 million grant will support the expansion of the Nia Project in Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences enhancing trauma-informed mental health care and research for women. Based at Grady Health System, the Nia Project will use the funding to strengthen clinical programs, deepen research and broaden access to care for women affected by violence, trauma or suicidal behavior.

A $2.5 million grant from the Action for Women’s Health initiative will support the expansion of the Nia Project in Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

11/12/2025

The latest edition of Emory Rollins Magazine poses the question "Are we on the path to making our children healthier, or is more harm yet to come?" Hear from faculty, students and alumni. https://links.emory.edu/1kj

11/11/2025

Michael Woodworth, an associate professor in Emory's Department of Medicine, is fighting a long-term battle to protect people against one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine: multidrug-resistant bacteria, which are resistant to multiple types of antibiotics.

Emory researcher Michael Woodworth advances new proof of concept study in long term fight against multidrug-resistant organisms

11/11/2025

A group of health professionals, researchers and technologists gathered to focused on uncovering problems in rural diabetes care, bridging the gap between the patients’ lived experiences and the efforts of clinicians to deliver more effective solutions.

“Too often, we assume we know the problem before asking people living with it every day,” says Ru Ekanayake, MD, PhD, student in global health & development at Emory University and member of the organizing team. “This workshop flipped that script — we listened first. What emerged were grounded, specific challenges that rural providers and patients face daily, and now we have a roadmap to start solving them.”

🔗 Story: https://links.emory.edu/1kh

11/11/2025

Emory Healthcare, Georgia’s most comprehensive academic health system, is the official team health care provider of Georgia Tech athletics.

Through this alliance, Georgia Tech student-athletes have access to the full breadth of Emory Healthcare’s nationally recognized services — from sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons and athletic trainers to specialists across cardiology, neurology, primary care, rehabilitation and beyond.

🔗 Emory Healthcare + Georgia Tech Athletics: https://links.emory.edu/1kf

10/24/2025

With a new collaboration between the School of Nursing and Georgia Tech, eligible students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech will be able to enroll in the Emory’s Master of Nursing (MN) program.

🔗 New partnership: https://links.emory.edu/1jh

10/24/2025

The National Academy of Medicine has elected Mohammed K. Ali, Stephen F. Traynelis, Wanda Barfield, and Ravi Thadhani to its prestigious 2025 class, consisting of 100 new members.

Election to the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

🔗 Read more: https://links.emory.edu/1ji

10/24/2025

The Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program has received a five-year, $4.5 million renewal from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The funding will support Emory’s efforts to train early-career investigators focused on women’s health and s*x differences research.

🔗 Full story: https://links.emory.edu/1jj

10/23/2025

Emory's Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory is one of 12 organizations awarded funding from the National Council on Aging and Administration for Community Living to enhance Georgia’s fall prevention coalition. The center received a nearly $150,000 grant to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the state to reduce falls and minimize risks among aging adults.

🔗 Full story: https://links.emory.edu/1iW

10/21/2025

Emory University nursing PhD student La-Urshalar Brock has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This highly competitive award supports promising predoctoral students conducting mentored research that contributes to the nation’s health-related research needs.

Emory University nursing PhD student La-Urshalar Brock, FNP-BC, CNM, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of Health.

10/21/2025

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory is one of 12 organizations awarded funding from the National Council on Aging and Administration for Community Living to enhance Georgia’s fall prevention coalition. The center received a nearly $150,000 grant to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the state to reduce falls and minimize risks among aging adults.

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) is one of 12 organizations awarded funding from the National Council on Aging and Administration for Community Living to enhance Georgia’s fall prevention coalition. The center received a nearly $150,000 grant to work collaboratively with stak...