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At the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH), students learn to identify, analyze, and intervene in today's most pressing public health issues. The school's location in Atlanta, referred to as the "Public Health Capital of the World," also is home to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CARE; the national home office of the American Cancer Society; The Carter Center; the Arthritis Foundation; and numerous state and regional health agencies. The School is also part of Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center, providing access to the patient care, teaching, and health-related research programs of that organization.
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Smallpox Eradication Chronicles
On Oct. 26, 1979, smallpox was declared eradicated following worldwide vaccination programs. 30 years later, Emory University Libraries, unveiled The Global Health Chronicles, an online archive that documents the intense battle by presenting hundreds of historic documents, photos, oral histories, video, and more.
Pesticides in Breast Milk
Little is known about the exposure of infants to pesticides, despite their vulnerability and evidence of widespread dietary exposure among older children and adults.
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Affordable Care Act experts
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China bestows Friendship Award on Emory global health leader
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New construction, new sense of community
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Rollins hosts Infectious Disease Institute for high school students
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Global Health Institute snuffing out smoking in China
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Rollins School of Public Health appoints new endowed chair in sanitation and water
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From Rollins School of Public Health, Emory improves lives around the world
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Rollins family gives School of Public Health room to grow
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Emory, Georgia Tech receive first human exposome center grant in U.S.
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Rollins School of Public Health receives seven-year accreditation renewal
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Student winners puts lens on global health
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Emory external research funding tops $500 million for third year
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Study: HPV vaccine doesn't increase sexual activity in girls
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Emory Global Health Institute expands leadership team
Oct. 16, 2012
Emory garners top award for environmentally friendly public health building
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Emory Public Health joins with Teach for America
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Zombie ethics forum is dead serious fun
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Oct. 2, 2012
New grant establishes Emory institute to train leaders in developing countries to address chronic diseases
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Increasing vaccine compliance for school immunizations
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Emory's academic partnership with Saudi Arabia accelerates as new students arrive to study
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NIH awards $9 million to Emory CFAR
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Speedy intervention may stop PTSD before it begins
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$4.5 million grant aims to improve maternal, newborn survival in Ethiopia
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Strengthening Atlanta's public health workforce
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Emory Hosts 2012 Latino Health Summit
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The White House honors William Foege
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Emory contributes to first-ever index for drug resistance
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President Obama honors William Foege, Emory professor emeritus, with prestigious award
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Fellows program focuses on Saudi Arabian public health
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Emory to host conference on ethics of the drug shortage
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One nation, overweight
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Nobel Peace Prize winner to address public health graduates
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Brogan lecture to look at AIDS statistics and public health
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Global Health Case Competition challenges teams from 23 universities
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University Course explores AIDS through diverse viewpoints
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State department visitor stresses global health partnerships
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Emory to host Cartooning for Peace symposium
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World-renowned epidemiologist honored for social courage
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GRA names Emory Parkinson's researcher a Distinguished Investigator
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Diabetes study shines spotlight on lifestyle interventions
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Guidelines for potassium levels after heart attack re-evaluated
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Emory begins tobacco-free policy Jan. 1
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Emory goes tobacco free
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Southeastern Mycobacterial Meeting to be held at Emory
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School of Public Health marks Peace Corps' 50th anniversary
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Public Health history makers celebrate at Emory's 175th anniversary
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Public Health Sciences Grand Rounds debuts
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William Foege to be honored for social courage
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Emory's Global Health Institute receives $6 million grant
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Emory center receives grant to promote smoke-free homes
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Dec. 13, 2011
Stillbirth causes, risk factors revealed by collaborative studies
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Improving the health status of Georgia Latinos
Dec. 12, 2011
Creating a biosafety net
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Public Health ramps up Peace Corps programs
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The right SORT of help
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Saluting the Dean's Council
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Biostatistician personifies public health excellence
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Remembering a health pioneer
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The science of being ready
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Emory goes smoke-free
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Emory leader endows health policy lecture
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Preventing HIV
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