Health

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Vanessa Brown, assistant professor of psychology, $3.9 million to advance her anxiety disorder research, focused on understanding what drives avoidance behavior and how it might influence learning ability.

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

Emory professors Nicholas Giordano and Mara Schenker are working to find more personalized ways to help patients manage their pain and reduce the use of opioids after surgery. The work is possible thanks to a grant from Emory’s University Research Committee.