Emory Brain Health Center

04/21/2026

Stream last night's latest episode of Your Fantastic Mind that highlights researchers from Emory Rollins School of Public Health who are studying what happens when students from Marietta City Schools lock away their phones for an entire day. See how a simple shift in school culture may affect adolescent well-being.

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04/20/2026

What can a school day look like for a student without the constant pull of a smart phone? On tonight’s episode of Your Fantastic Mind, students from Marietta City Schools are seeing the positive effects of a phone-free policy during the school day, leading to improved attention, learning, mental health and social connection. See you at 9:30pm on Georgia Public Broadcasting.

04/17/2026

Emory Rollins School of Public Health hosted an advanced screening of a new episode of Your Fantastic Mind exploring the impact of phones on students and the growing conversation around phone-free learning environments across Georgia. Afterwards, attendees including state lawmakers and educators, listened to a panel discussion with education and public health experts on how phone-free schools are shaping student engagement, mental health and classroom culture. Tune into Georgia Public Broadcasting on Monday, April 20, at 9:30pm for this latest episode!

04/16/2026

This week’s episode of Fantastic Mind, focused on Emory researchers traveling to India to build on a long-running study, exploring how diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol may influence the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline. Stream it now!

Emory University researchers travel to India to build on the long-running CARRS study, which has tracked the health of thousands of participants for 15 years...

04/15/2026

On Your Fantastic Mind, explore how diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol may affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline. Tune into Georgia Public Broadcasting at 7:00pm and follow researchers from Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute and the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center as they travel to India for this important work.

04/14/2026

In case you missed the season 7 premiere of Your Fantastic Mind, it is available to stream here: https://med.emory.edu/about/news/your_fantastic_mind/season_seven/ep_one.html.

Follow Emory University researchers as they travel to India to build on the long-running CARRS study, which has tracked the health of thousands of participants for 15 years.

04/13/2026

Emory University and Georgia Public Broadcasting are teaming up once again for a seventh season of the Emmy Award-winning television series “Your Fantastic Mind,” premiering tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Season 7 will feature six episodes airing weekly on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. through May 18 on GPB’s statewide television network, with repeat broadcasts on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ET.

Emory University and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) are teaming up once again for a seventh season of the Emmy Award-winning television series “Your Fantastic Mind,” premiering Monday, April 13, at 9:30 p.m. ET.

04/10/2026

People with untreated mental health conditions face an increased risk of heart disease, including risk of an eventual heart attack.

Depression, anxiety, PTSD and more are linked to higher odds of heart attack, stroke and heart failure — and the risk is especially relevant after age 50

04/09/2026

Congratulations to professor of psychiatry and director of the Nia Project Dr. Nadine Kaslow for being elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science — one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.
The AAAS - The American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship recognizes scientists, researchers and innovators whose work has made a meaningful impact in their fields and the world.

04/08/2026

Congratulations to Pamela R. Rollins professor and chairman at the Emory Department of Neurosurgery Dr. Daniel Barrow for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2026 Health Care Champion Awards.

Dr. Barrow has spent the last 31 years leading and transforming Emory’s department of neurosurgery.

Neurosurgery was once seen as a field of grim outcomes and limited tools. That didn’t deter Dr. Daniel L. Barrow. In his 31 years leading Emory’s Department of Neurosurgery, he has helped advance the speciality through education, research and patient care.

04/06/2026

In a study published last month, Emory researchers Negar Fani and Michael Treadway showed that TI stimulation of the ventral striatum, a structure central to reward processing, could enhance the brain’s reward response while people meditated.

Human studies show promise of stimulation approach for epilepsy and other diseases

04/02/2026

Did you know the mind arranges emotions on an internal map, grouping related feelings while keeping distinct ones farther apart. Researchers at Emory University found hippocampal and prefrontal signals recorded where emotions belonged within this internal layout.

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.