Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University

01/13/2026

Emory Healthcare has completed the first patient case in the ARISE III clinical trial to treat a life-threatening heart condition, called acute type A aortic dissection, using an investigational ascending stent graft.

01/13/2026

An Emory study finds the ovarian hormone estradiol influences women’s brain responses to threat, but traumatic stress can disrupt this regulation, which helps explain women’s increased risk for PTSD.

12/12/2025

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has awarded Emory University a $200,000 grant to advance research exploring how artistic engagement may promote brain health and emotional well-being. The award supports a new community-based participatory research collaboration among Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (A*O), and Performance Hypothesis.

🔗 $200,000 awarded to Emory for Arts + Health Laboratory:

Emory University secured a $200,000 Alzheimer’s Foundation grant to explore how music and art foster brain health and emotional well-being through a unique collaboration with Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Performance Hypothesis.

12/12/2025

Emory research shows that the new COVID-19 vaccine formulations produce antibodies with a half-life of more than 500 days — significantly longer than antibodies produced by earlier versions of the vaccine.

🔗 COVID-19 vaccine research:

Emory research shows that the new COVID-19 vaccine formulations produce antibodies with a half-life of more than 500 days — significantly longer than antibodies produced by earlier versions of the vaccine.

12/12/2025

Partnering with faculty researchers, the Emory Drug Development Fund (EDDF) combines funding and drug development expertise to advance new treatments beyond early-stage challenges, paving the way for clinical trials and long-term development.

Partnering with faculty researchers, EDDF combines funding and drug development expertise to advance new treatments beyond early-stage challenges, paving the way for clinical trials and long-term development.

11/19/2025

Eleven Emory faculty have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025, joining the ranks of the world’s most productive and influential scholars. Clarivate, a British-American scientific data and analytics firm, compiles its list based on a worldwide search for scientists and academics with the highest level of scholarly activity.

Eleven Emory faculty members are among the list of the world's most influential and highly cited researchers for 2025, as compiled by the data analytics firm Clarivate.

11/18/2025

A $2.5 million grant will support the expansion of the Nia Project in Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences enhancing trauma-informed mental health care and research for women. Based at Grady Health System, the Nia Project will use the funding to strengthen clinical programs, deepen research and broaden access to care for women affected by violence, trauma or suicidal behavior.

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.

11/12/2025

The latest edition of Emory Rollins Magazine poses the question "Are we on the path to making our children healthier, or is more harm yet to come?" Hear from faculty, students and alumni. https://links.emory.edu/1kj

11/11/2025

Michael Woodworth, an associate professor in Emory's Department of Medicine, is fighting a long-term battle to protect people against one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine: multidrug-resistant bacteria, which are resistant to multiple types of antibiotics.

Emory researcher Michael Woodworth advances new proof of concept study in long term fight against multidrug-resistant organisms

11/11/2025

A group of health professionals, researchers and technologists gathered to focused on uncovering problems in rural diabetes care, bridging the gap between the patients’ lived experiences and the efforts of clinicians to deliver more effective solutions.

“Too often, we assume we know the problem before asking people living with it every day,” says Ru Ekanayake, MD, PhD, student in global health & development at Emory University and member of the organizing team. “This workshop flipped that script — we listened first. What emerged were grounded, specific challenges that rural providers and patients face daily, and now we have a roadmap to start solving them.”

🔗 Story: https://links.emory.edu/1kh

11/11/2025

Emory Healthcare, Georgia’s most comprehensive academic health system, is the official team health care provider of Georgia Tech athletics.

Through this alliance, Georgia Tech student-athletes have access to the full breadth of Emory Healthcare’s nationally recognized services — from sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons and athletic trainers to specialists across cardiology, neurology, primary care, rehabilitation and beyond.

🔗 Emory Healthcare + Georgia Tech Athletics: https://links.emory.edu/1kf

10/24/2025

With a new collaboration between the School of Nursing and Georgia Tech, eligible students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech will be able to enroll in the Emory’s Master of Nursing (MN) program.

🔗 New partnership: https://links.emory.edu/1jh