An Emory University researcher is part of an international team that has received a $25 million grant — funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute, through Cancer Grand Challenges — to help address cancer disparities in populations of African ancestry.
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough emphasized the vital role that nurses play in the U.S. health care system, and particularly among the nation’s veterans and families, during a visit to the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta.
Emory researchers have discovered that exhaled vapors from e-cigarettes contain chemicals that are detectible in children's saliva, breath and blood samples.
Emory University researchers will soon begin testing whether the use of artificial intelligence can reduce mortality in a subgroup of patients with sepsis, a life-threatening disorder that leads to organ dysfunction following an infection.
As an academic research institution, Emory’s faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards and the work they will support, plus highlights from some published research findings.
In “Vagabond Princess,” professor Ruby Lal animates the itinerant world of Mughal princess Gulbadan. The empire’s only woman historian, Gulbadan wrote a memoir that breaks off midsentence on folio 83, prompting Lal to delve into the history surrounding the missing pages.
Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human.
Emory professor Karida L. Brown has won an NAACP Image Award with her husband, artist Charly Palmer, for their nonfiction anthology “The New Brownies’ Book.” Fellow Emory sociologist Alyasah Sewell is among the collection’s contributors.
A team of international researchers — including experts from the University of Central Florida and Emory University — has proven, for the first time in a field study, that using folic acid-fortified iodized table salt can prevent multiple severe birth defects.
Seema Lakdawala has been selected as one of the nation's foremost talented young scientists for her transformative research.
The Atlanta Science Festival returns March 9-23, providing curious kids and adults the chance to explore all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Many members of the Emory community will help lead numerous interactive events.
The Emory community is invited to delve into the ethical, societal and scientific implications of AI and machine learning technology during a four-part seminar series beginning March 6.
Five-year-old Scarlett Alonzo has arginase deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder. Read her story and how she was part of a study testing an enzyme replacement therapy.
Miriam Udel, a scholar of Yiddish language, literature and culture, has been awarded the Chronos Faculty Fellowship in Emory College of Arts and Sciences for 2024. The fellowship will help support her upcoming research.
Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta were one of 10 sites to take part in the first stage of a clinical trial of the recently FDA-approved use of Omalizumab to reduce allergic reactions to multiple food allergies.
The 2024 IPECP Project Awards prioritize student engagement in interprofessional learning opportunities across Emory’s three health professional schools for medicine, nursing and public health.
An Emory University study found that many pregnant women who delivered babies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic were conflicted in their vaccine decision-making.
Emory College professor Jo Guldi’s courses are the foundation of a new lab that will mix humanistic questions and machine learning to gain new insight into real-world problems such as climate change.
Emory University is among the top 20 in the nation overall for institutional funding from the National Institutes of Health. The School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health were also in the top 20 in their categories.
An Emory University study shows wildfires led to an increase of anxiety-related emergency department visits in the western United States, amplifying the concerning parallel trajectory of two escalating public health crises: mental health and climate change.
A team of researchers from Emory University developed artificial intelligence tools to examine cardiac biopsy images to improve the prediction of transplant rejection, helping to ensure positive outcomes for post-transplant patients and more effective prevention of heart transplant failure.
On Valentine's Day, three of Emory's scientific power couples are proving that the best research is produced in pairs.
Epidemiology professor Tené T. Lewis was one of 10 participants in an exclusive roundtable discussion held Feb. 7 in Atlanta with first lady Jill Biden. The group discussed research, education, investment and other topics related to women’s health.
Emory University has joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading AI authorities as a member of the new U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium.
One of the first of its kind, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship remains a national leader, elevating faculty work and training generations of graduate students in collaborative practices supporting the development of technical skills and creative talents. Learn more about the center and some of its key projects.
Eri Saikawa, from Emory College, and Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, from Emory School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, are among 21 outstanding researchers named to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s New Voices program.
Emory professor Karida L. Brown is nominated for an NAACP Image Award with her husband, artist Charly Palmer, for their nonfiction anthology “The New Brownies’ Book.” Winners will be announced March 16.
Led by Emory's Rebecca Martin, an analysis of public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic revealed inequities in access, price, delivery and uptake of vaccines. Health leaders must improve access to and pathways for delivery of vaccines before a future pandemic.
Emory researcher Vincent Marconi believes the science of aging must look beyond traditional doctoring to encompass a holistic, whole-body approach to healthy aging.
The Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has added eight scholars and clinicians to its faculty – mid-year appointments that reflect the school’s growth in enrollment and research.
Emory environmental scientist Eric Lonsdorf is developing risk-prediction models to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identify bee conservation priority areas in the United States.
Household air pollution, caused in part by people cooking using open fires or inefficient stoves, is responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year. Emory University researchers conducted a multi-country study to assess the health effects of cooking with liquefied petroleum gas instead of harmful traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal, and dung.
A new Cell Reports paper from Bing Yao’s lab in Emory’s Department of Human Genetics provides insights into mechanisms underlying several neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s.
What’s hot and what’s not? Ask Yazhuo Zhang, an Emory graduate student of computer science whose insights into web-cache eviction are making waves in the tech world.
Three Emory faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies for physician-scientists.
A new Emory-led special journal number seeks to redefine human aging as a holistic process, challenging biomedical research’s traditional focus on individual aging-related diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and dementia.
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.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $640,000 to William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to further his lab’s development of agrochemicals inspired by compounds found in nature. The goal? To find novel, sustainable ways to combat plant pathogens.
“The Virulent Vortex” video podcast showcases the personalities and passions of faculty and students involved in infectious disease research at Emory.
Biomedical graduate students who joined Emory's Biotech Consulting Club met recently to eat, drink, network and swap strategies for exploring careers in the biotechnology business.
As 2023 winds down, take a look back at 10 of the most-read stories from the Emory News Center — with more headlines so you can delve deeper into this year of ambition and heart.
Emory’s mission is “to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity,” and throughout 2023, the university community found countless ways to do just that. Check out these inspiring stories, including a student who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to honor her father.
At Feast of Words, Emory’s authors — who produced 82 new titles in the past year — were toasted by President Gregory L. Fenves for “exemplifying the mission of Emory University to serve humanity through new knowledge.”
Wilbur Lam, Susan S. Margulies and Cassandra Quave have been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2023 class of Fellows. Election as an Academy Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
To support growing AI scholarship, the AI.Humanity initiative’s Infrastructure Advisory Committee has endorsed a multifaceted plan to increase Emory’s scientific computing infrastructure and services.
Claire DePalma has taken an unusual journey from teaching theater arts in high school to a student affairs career in higher education. Her award-winning dissertation focuses on how white women who engage in antiracist practices in their student affairs work understand and enact these practices.
Emory scientists have developed technology with the potential to better assess the effects of antiplatelet drugs on individuals and to gain a clearer picture of bleeding risks for patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
New research finds that if one spouse or partner within a heterosexual relationship has high blood pressure, the other often does too.
Emory historian Crystal Sanders untangles the ongoing repercussions of Black students’ efforts to secure graduate education in the Jim Crow era, specifically looking at those who attended elite institutions such as Harvard.
Nine Emory faculty were recently recognized as part of an elite group of the world’s most influential scientists by the Institute for Scientific Information.
Rachel Hall-Clifford of Emory’s Center for the Study of Human Health is the 2023 Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Health Award recipient, recognized for applying social science approaches to global health research and implementation.
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing to study an online tool's capacity to increase mastery among caregivers of persons with dementia.
A building boom is one factor helping an invasive, malaria-carrying mosquito make its home in urban Ethiopia. Emory disease ecologist Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec is studying ways to control the dangerous new pest in Africa.
Based on results from the most recent Emory Libraries survey, staff members have been making improvements across the libraries this fall — which is perfect timing as students and faculty prep for finals and look ahead to the spring semester.
A new symposium — hosted by Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, and Research!America — brought together stakeholders from across health care, state and federal governments, community partners, and advocacy groups to collaboratively identify opportunities to improve maternal and newborn health in Georgia.
SURE, Emory’s hallmark undergraduate research program during summer break, is expanding access for students in the humanities, arts and social sciences. Applications for 2024 are now open.
The Emory University Faculty Council is soliciting nominations for the John F. Morgan Sr. Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2024. Letters of nomination are due by Wednesday, Jan. 3.
Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin and colleagues published their find of some of the oldest, positively identified bird tracks in the Southern Hemisphere, dated to between 120 million and 128 million years ago.
A new paper from a team led by Emory sociologist Megan Reed offers new insight into family ties during crises by examining family communication patterns in the early days of COVID-19.
Nominations for this year’s Albert A. Levy Award for Excellence in Scientific Research are open through Dec. 8. Recognize a faculty member who is outstanding in their field.
A team of Emory researchers has discovered a way to reduce the incidence of multi-drug resistant bacteria in the human intestinal system.
The initial findings of a Nature Medicine study describe a first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial to identify the most effective source of cellular injections for knee arthritis.
Emory College historians Chris Suh and Maria Montalvo will present the semester’s “First Fridays” lectures on topics related to race and social justice.
Structural biologist Christine Dunham and colleagues are opening a new path to combat antibiotic resistance. They are investigating a suite of molecules that block the ability of bacteria to synthesize proteins without affecting human cells.
Emory Healthcare neurosurgeon Edjah K. Nduom, MD, has been granted a 5-year, $1.96 million R01 research award from the National Institutes of Health.
Faculty members from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing are teaming together to study the informal caregiving networks of older adults with dementia, with the goal of developing an interactive digital tool to capture the full scope of caregiving beyond the experience of primary caregivers.
A team of researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health have 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 professor Emily Burchfield digs into environmental and socioeconomic data to develop online tools for farmers as they navigate changing agricultural landscapes.
Laura Finzi and Michael Heaven have earned a high distinction given to only about half a percent of the American Physical Society members. The award honors researchers who have made significant contributions to the application of physics to science and technology.
Regular, full-time Emory University faculty are invited to apply for funding for research and scholarly activity during the 2024-25 cycle. Applications are due by Jan. 17, 2024.
The Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a $3.9 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the contribution of the oral microbiome to Alzheimer’s disease risk.
A newly published study by researchers from Emory University and Harvard University found a connection between childhood exposure to air pollution and the age at U.S. girls experienced their first periods.
A newly released study led by researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health was one of the first to find an emerging class of “forever chemicals” in the homes, drinking water and bodies of United States residents.
A newly released study led by researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health was one of the first to find an emerging class of “forever chemicals” in the homes, drinking water and bodies of United States residents.
The Health Resources and Services Administration grant will increase the number of advanced practice nurses and licensed clinical social workers treating mental illness and substance use disorders, including opioid use disorder, in nine Georgia counties.
On Sept. 21, delightful memories surfaced of “The Letters of Samuel Beckett,” the acclaimed project advanced by Emory faculty and students since 1985. The project also looks to the digital future as it takes up residence at the Rose Library.
In a notable advancement in the battle against ALS and frontotemporal dementia, Emory University, in collaboration with UMass Chan Medical School and the National Institutes of Health, has secured over $3 million in support from The ALS Association to establish a pioneering cloud-based central repository of genetic data, named ALS Compute.
Good things come in threes for Emory mathematician Cosmin Pohoata, part of a trio who completed a new proof for the Heilbronn triangle problem that breaks the record for the smallest triangle in a confined space.
Emory environmental scientists are helping vegetable farmers in the Southern Piedmont navigate a changing climate while researching ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
Since President Fenves launched the $25 million matching funds initiative in late March, 10 new professorships have been established, with seven more in the pipeline. Generous donors have funded 66 professorships during 2O36.
Anne Spaulding, MD, an associate professor of epidemiology and global health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, answers five questions about a new Emory-led study that found a significant number of U.S. state prisons are failing to adequately address a curable disease.
The new funding supports the expansion of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals Consultants Program, which provides research development services to minority-serving and emerging research institutions.
Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified a potential Achilles heel within SARS-CoV-2. The vulnerable spot can be targeted with a peptide derived from wild boar, which maintains its antiviral activity across known variants.
Emory environmental scientist Eric Lonsdorf is developing data-driven methods to determine how much effort is needed to save golden eagles in order to offset the impact of wind-energy turbines on their populations.
For PhD students and postdoctoral fellows working in professor Philip Santangelo’s lab, as well as undergraduates invited to join the audience, Jill Biden’s campus visit proved to be an inspiring, “once-in-a-lifetime” moment.
New research led by Hanjoong Jo, a professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Emory, looks at how better understanding the complex dynamics of blood flow may help treat some heart disease.
A team of leading clinicians, engineers and neuroscientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of treatment-resistant depression published online in the journal Nature on Sept. 20.
Residents of Atlanta’s majority-Black and low-income neighborhoods have significantly less access to fresh produce than residents of the city’s non-majority-Black and higher income neighborhoods, according to a new surveillance report released Tuesday by researchers at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that Emory University is one of 13 funded partners that will work alongside the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) to establish an outbreak response network that uses data to support decision makers during public health emergencies.
First lady Jill Biden toured the lab of Emory professor Philip Santangelo, the first recipient of funding from a new federal agency supporting the Biden Cancer Moonshot, and discussed his groundbreaking research to train the immune system to treat and cure cancers and other diseases.
An Emory University-led study into the exposures of pregnant women to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” is believed to be the first to detect PFAS in newborns and show that exposure to these chemicals during pregnancy increases the likelihood of preterm or early term births.
Two teams of Emory researchers have discovered proteins in human cerebrospinal fluid that can serve as early indicators that the patient may develop Alzheimer's disease in the future.
As an academic research institution, Emory’s faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. From using artificial intelligence to accurately detect breast cancer to creating new programs to address disparities in mental health services, this compilation of published research findings and the newest grant awards illustrates how Emory researchers are cutting a path toward groundbreaking discoveries.
As executive director of Science Gallery Atlanta, Alexis Faust will oversee strategic vision and development of gallery initiatives, including partnerships, community engagement and seasonal exhibitions.
Experiments show that a tannin found in a plant used by traditional healers in the Amazon inhibits the growth of Candida fungus, opening a new potential path to treat deadly Candida auris.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the Center for AI Learning’s official opening during a ribbon-cutting and open house Sept. 19. Part of Emory's AI.Humanity initiative, the center serves as a community home for AI literacy and integration.
Begun in 1985, “The Letters of Samuel Beckett” project has achieved a worldwide audience, producing four volumes of selected correspondence. Upcoming events will underscore the project’s continuing life online and in the archives of the Rose Library.
Emory leads biomedical research into a new era through an NIH center to advance technology for cellular mechanics, developed in the lab of chemist Khalid Salaita.
The National Institutes of Health has selected researchers from Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine to partner on the creation of a Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence.
Emory’s nationally distinguished Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) will use a new three-year grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand its reach into eight largely rural states: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The funding will also bolster efforts to improve regional data sharing, coordination, and response efforts through the creation of a Midwestern Helmsley CARES Collaborative.
Valeda Dent and Geoff Goodman’s long-term study of literacy and school readiness demonstrates that libraries, community engagement and accessibility are powerful tools for learning.