https://news.emory.edu/tags/topic/emory_profile/index.htmlEmory Profiles news from the Emory News CenterWed, 05 Jan 2022 01:49:37 -0500https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_brittain_undergrad_wilson/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_brittain_undergrad_wilson/campus.htmlFrom organizing numerous service opportunities through Volunteer Emory to helping fight food insecurity on campus and beyond, senior Genevieve Wilson embodies just the kind of student leader the Brittain Award honors.Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_nursing_yu/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_nursing_yu/campus.htmlNursing student Mimi Yu recognizes the importance of focusing on both physical and mental health. Known as an encourager throughout her time on campus, she continues to share affirmations during her countdown to graduation.Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_laney_bazrafshan/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_laney_bazrafshan/campus.htmlPhD student Alisina Bazrafshan’s mentoring days began during college in Tehran. He continued that work while studying at Laney Graduate School, promoting the significance of higher education to underserved youth from refugee families in Atlanta. Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_awards_teaching_bussey_jones/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_awards_teaching_bussey_jones/campus.htmlThroughout her career as a physician and professor of medicine, Jada Bussey-Jones has worked to empower future doctors to understand health disparities and treat each patient as "a person and not a disease."Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_jefferson_parker/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_jefferson_parker/campus.htmlThis year’s Jefferson Award winner, Ruth Murphey Parker, long has led efforts to advance the progress of health literacy, resulting in improved outcomes for the most vulnerable patients. Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_rollins_garlow/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_rollins_garlow/campus.htmlHonored with a “Heart of Emory” award, MPH student and future HIV epidemiologist Nellie Garlow has dedicated her time to the COVID-19 Outbreak and Response Team, the Rollins Election Day Initiative, and more.Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_mcmullan_djukanovic/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_award_mcmullan_djukanovic/campus.htmlFrom book-worthy research on Serbian ethnicities to developing training for the Liberian National Police to tutoring Atlanta-area refugees, Tara Djukanovic has thoroughly embodied the “extraordinary promise” of a McMullan Award winner.Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_medicine_limpose/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_medicine_limpose/campus.htmlKristin Limpose reflects on being a doctor with a disability, the importance of listening to patients and what it has been like to complete medical school during a pandemic.Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_college_kang/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_college_kang/campus.htmlWoodruff Scholar Karissa Kang winds up her Emory career with the same burst of energy and brilliance with which she started. Next stop: Yale Law School. Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_oxford_goldberg/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/05/er_commencement_profile_oxford_goldberg/campus.htmlDylan Goldberg was the only student leader of a religious organization on the Oxford College campus last fall. He rose to the challenge, finding ways the Jewish Student Union could connect with everyone in the community.Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400