News Releases

Ravi I. Thadhani appointed executive vice president for health affairs at Emory University

New study finds deaths from firearms are reaching unprecedented levels

Emory doctors and Family Heart Foundation team up to help patients with dangerously high cholesterol caused by genetic condition

Sharon Pappas receives statewide Hospital Hero Award from Georgia Hospital Association

Sukhatme to step down as Emory School of Medicine dean, remain on faculty

Emory, Georgia Tech researchers receive $2.46 million grant to develop intelligent tools for assessing effects of heat exposure on farmworkers

Emory researchers to develop tools for visualizing brain effects of Alzheimer’s disease and autism spectrum disorder

Winship program uses community case studies to engage middle schoolers in STEM to reduce health and workforce disparities

Dan Owens elected chair of the Georgia Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Emory’s health sciences programs ranked among world’s best

Study shows targeted therapy for pediatric high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma reduces relapse

Emory first in Southeast to use XACT ACE Robotic System to improve cancer detection

Lillian Carter Center names Jacob Kariuki assistant director for global research

New study finds racial and ethnic disparities in bystander CPR during cardiac arrest

Record number of Emory School of Nursing faculty win Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research awards

Get to know Emory’s next executive vice president for health affairs

Addiction Alliance of Georgia opens new treatment center in Atlanta

Emory establishes first African American studies PhD program in the Southeast

Michael M.E. Johns honored for service to National Academy of Medicine

Emory researchers develop molecule to block growth of melanoma skin cancer cells

Emory Hillandale Hospital receives funding support from DeKalb County for facility growth, improvements

Emory heart team implants 500th lifesaving left ventricular assist device

Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance receives $73.7 million to accelerate research across Georgia

Winship study identifies predictors of favorable outcomes with CART therapy in myeloma

Season 4 of ‘Your Fantastic Mind’ premiering in spring 2023, earlier seasons airing in 200 markets nationwide

Emory School of Nursing receives over $11.8 million in HRSA funding for health delivery, training programs in Atlanta, state, Southeast

Emory faculty member receives NIH New Innovator Award for ‘lava lamp’ sensors to illuminate brain degeneration

Winship and Cleveland Clinic receive NCI award to establish center to improve radiation-based combination therapies

Myotonic dystrophy: GABA receptors implicated in sleepiness, via mouse model

Emory School of Nursing faculty receive $5.1 million grant to address pain management among Asian American breast cancer survivors with depression

COVID-19: Omicron booster shots

Metro Atlanta Chamber and MAP International Honor Dr. James Curran and Dr. Jonathan S. Lewin at the 2022 Bill Foege Global Health Awards

Emory Healthcare moves to new system-wide electronic health record to advance patient experience and care

Emory School of Nursing launches Center for Healthcare History and Policy

Emory receives CDC award to deliver 1 million rapid HIV self-tests across the country

Emory School of Nursing, Emory Ethiopia Office care model designated as an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner

Emory study predicts whether rapid tests will be able to detect future SARS-CoV-2 variants

Emory Healthcare first in Georgia to offer noninvasive focused ultrasound treatment for tremor

Understanding oral health in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer in people with HIV

Williamson receives highest physician honor from Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Emory School of Nursing ranks No. 2 in nation for undergraduate nursing programs

U.S. News ranks Emory among top national universities

Emory researchers find temporal thermometers may miss fevers in Black patients

Reshma Jagsi named new chair of Emory Radiation Oncology

COVID-triggered autoimmunity may be mostly temporary

Can children swab themselves for COVID-19? New study suggests yes

Emory School of Nursing achieves Center of Excellence designation for outstanding dedication to student learning and professional development

Emory School of Nursing family nurse practitioner residency program is the first in Georgia to receive national accreditation

Emory University, Emory Healthcare ranked among Georgia’s best employers by Forbes

Seven Emory nurses named Fellows in 2022 American Academy of Nursing class

Winship study advances understanding of drug resistance in lung cancer

New imaging system at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital helps diagnose and treat lung cancers earlier

Monkeypox: Updates from Fulton County

Emory Center for AIDS Research awarded $11.25 million NIH renewal

Winship named among world’s top Cardio-Oncology Centers of Excellence

Novel drug shows promising efficacy for patients with multiple myeloma

Hinson-Smith named CEO of Emory Rehabilitation Hospital

Woodruff Foundation gift focuses on strengthening nursing workforce and advancing nursing education at Emory

Emory student seeks the cell of origin for childhood leukemia

Emory earns designation as Georgia’s first and only Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence

Emory brings together thought leaders and health care experts to empower female athletes

U.S. News and World Report ranks three Emory hospitals as best in Georgia and Atlanta

King Culture, Inc., and Emory Hillandale Hospital collaborate on health podcast series

School of Nursing celebrates accreditation for inaugural cohort of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program

In memoriam: Jerome Carl Landry, MD, MBA

Emory neuroscientists aim to develop anti-inflammatory drugs for epilepsy patients

Researchers develop protein labeling method to study cellular mechanisms of neurological disorders

Young children and COVID-19 vaccines

Study finds childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, with more severity and at younger ages

Rashard Johnson named CEO of Emory Decatur Hospital, Emory Hillandale Hospital and Emory Long-Term Acute Care

Emory physicians well represented in Atlanta magazine’s 2022 'Top Doctors' list

Todd Golde named Emory’s newest GRA scholar, joins Goizueta Institute @ Emory Brain Health

School of Nursing receives donation toward new home apartment for simulation

Out-of-control motor protein forms toxic aggregates in ALS

Henry S. Kim selected as new director of Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum

The evolution of ‘escape’ mutations in patients with prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection

Responding to the monkeypox outbreak

Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital's bariatric center earns accreditation as comprehensive center

Michael Clery joins the City of Atlanta’s Office of Violence Reduction

Women in Congress more likely to be interrupted during hearings, says new research

Stephen Sencer to move on from Emory general counsel role; Amy Adelman named interim leader

Emory Healthcare launches student loan repayment program for employees

David S. Stephens to serve as Emory’s interim executive vice president for health affairs

Luke Anderson selected as Emory’s next vice president of communications and marketing

Study shows COVID-19 vaccines much less effective for some patients

Vaccine targeting mosquito-borne viruses safely prompts immune response in clinical trial

Emory researchers honored with 2022 Health Care Heroes awards

William McDonald named chair of Emory’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

COVID-19: Reflections from the Emory Outbreak Response Team

Emory participating in trial to test mRNA HIV vaccine in humans

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital earns highest rating on minimally-invasive heart valve replacement

Winship receives $11 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve immunotherapy for lung cancer

Emory Johns Creek Hospital maintains top rating for patient safety from hospital safety group

AI systems can detect patient race, creating new opportunities to perpetuate health disparities

Emory Clinic is first ambulatory facility in Georgia to achieve Magnet designation for nursing excellence

COVID-19: Testing the tests

Emory’s Integrated Memory Care Clinic receives $1.5 million grant for new model of care

Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital research team finds significant reduction in C. diff infections through interprofessional collaboration

Emory-led collaborative puts COVID tests to the test

Researchers find a trigger for ‘cell suicide’; could lead to new skin infection therapies

COVID-19: Impact on the nursing workforce