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Emory WHSC Office of Well-Being is dedicated to supporting well-being of our people and teams

12/09/2025

The 2025 End of Year Celebration was our third annual gathering to celebrate the incredible partnerships, friendships, and teamwork that make this work possible. It was also a chance to reflect on the remarkable successes of this community in 2025 through the EmWELL Above and Beyond Awards.

The evening marked the publication of the 2025 EmWELL Impact Report. We shared a few highlights:

🎉 Interacted with 15,000 employees through training and events

🎉 Trained 127 new EmBRACE Peer Supporter

🎉 Launched 7 new well-being pilots through our micro-grant program

🎉 Resolved 57 issues through GROSS (Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff) program

There is so much more to celebrate, and we invite you visit the link in our bio to read the full report.

As a special treat, we had a sketch artist develop a sketch board throughout the evening. We encouraged guests to share a word or phrase that embodied “well-being” for the artist to sketch. He also sketched throughout the ceremony for the EmWELL Above and Beyond Awards, bringing the personalities and accomplishments of our winners to life. (More on the awards soon!)

It was a beautiful night of connection and celebration as One Emory. We are grateful for 2025 and look forward to even more progress towards workplace well-being in 2026!

09/15/2025

We’re kicking off our first Microgrant Monday of 2025! 📚✨

Please help us in congratulating Aimee M. Abide, MMSc, PA-C, FCCM, for being selected as a 2025 EmWELL Microgrant recipient. Her project, “Caregiver-in-Healthcare – A Resiliency Program for Clinician Parents,” seeks to create a structured support system for caregiver-clinicians, help ease the personal and professional strain that comes with balancing caregiving and clinical responsibilities, create a space for caregiver-clinicians to feel seen, and lay the groundwork for a long-term, scalable model.

We’re so grateful to have her as a 2025 microgrant recipient and can’t wait to see the well-being impact her project will have across Emory Healthcare!

09/11/2025

In celebration of Hunger Action Month, EmWELL has organized a food drive at Emory Northlake! Hunger Action Month is a nationwide movement that aims to bring people together to end hunger and food insecurity in our communities. From now until October 1st, we will be collecting non-perishable food items in support of the employee food pantry at Emory University Hospital Midtown.

There are collection bins set up in the breakrooms at Northlake. Every donation helps support the food security and well-being of EHC employees. If you can’t donate, please help us by spreading the word!

09/02/2025

Microgrant Research Alert! 📊📚

Recently, two of our previous microgrant recipients presented their research at conferences. Lisa Landry and Ashley Kennedy, who were awarded a 2023 EmWELL Microgrant, presented research on their Serenity Room at the 16th Annual Winship Cancer Institute Oncology Nursing Symposium in August 2025. Shelly Abramowicz and Ashley Gagnon, 2024 EmWELL Microgrant awardees, also had the opportunity to present preliminary data on their project, Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Maxillofacial Surgery Residents, at the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons Conference in May 2025.

Please join us in celebrating these accomplishments! 🥳

08/28/2025

On August 20th, the EmWELL Discovery and Innovation Committee hosted the inaugural Paper in a Day Workshop. The aim of this workshop is to provide writing support to Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) employees who have a well-being–related paper idea or draft. The event was facilitated by Miranda Moore and Jennifer Mascaro. In total, 25 people attended with a diverse pool of study topics.

Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a success! Special thanks to the EmWELL Discovery and Innovation Committee for their hard work planning and executing this workshop.

08/14/2025

We are thrilled to share the success of the EmWELL Licensed Core Professional (LCP) Workgroup Professional Development Stipend Pilot Program! 26 stipends were awarded across all Emory operating units for activities such as conference attendance, certifications, and continuing education courses. EmWELL is so excited to be able to foster professional fulfillment among Emory LCP team members.

If you weren’t able to apply this time, be on the lookout for additional opportunities in the future by subscribing to our listserv, link in bio!

08/06/2025

Our August Journal Club will focus on the business case for healthcare worker well-being. The presenters are EmWell's own Chad Ritenour and Evan Thoman. Join us on August 26 to learn more about why it's worthwhile to invest in employee well-being. The registration link is in our bio!

07/21/2025

Mark your calendars for the next EmWELL Speaker Event featuring Jessi Gold! Dr. Gold is the first Chief Wellness Officer and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee System. An internationally recognized speaker, author, and mental health consultant, she focuses on college students, healthcare workers, and the entertainment industry.

Event Details
📅 Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00–7:00 PM (5:00-6:00 presentation | 6:00-7:00 reception)
📍 Location: WHSCAB Auditorium, Emory University

Click the link in our bio to register!

07/18/2025

Looking for ways to support the Emory Healthcare community? Become an Employee Hardship Donation Program donor! The funds raised help employees who are facing financial hardships. There are options to donate one-time or through payroll deduction for Emory employees. Donations as small as $5 make a real difference.

Join us throughout the end of July and beginning of August as we head to various Emory locations to help spread the word about this amazing program!

Click the link in the bio to become a donor today!

06/13/2025

Are you an non-clinical employee? The EmWELL Supporting Partners Workgroup wants to hear from you! Please share your experiences and ideas with us regarding professional development opportunities for non-clinical employees. The survey will be open until July 21st!

Link in bio to respond!

06/12/2025

2024 EmWELL Microgrant awardee, Zach Grunewald, PhD, MS, RDN, LD, is making progress with ergonomic workstations in the Department of Radiology ( ) at Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital. Two hundred employees surveyed in the Department of Radiology provided valuable insights into improvements of workplace ergonomics and employee well-being within the department. Zach’s team is operationalizing this feedback to install sit-stand desks and walking pads for the technologists and radiologists at Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital this fall. We can’t wait to see the results of this EmWELL Microgrant project!

If you have an idea to support the of an Emory team, our 2025 EmWELL Microgrant application is still open! Link in bio to view the application.

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http://whsc.emory.edu/office-well-being

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