Emory Global Health Institute

Our Mission
The mission of the Emory Global Health Institute is to advance Emory University’s efforts to improve health around the world.

Established in September 2006 as a university-wide initiative, the Emory Global Health Institute supports Emory faculty, students, and alumni in their work to find solutions to critical global health problems.

What We Do
The Emory Global Health Institute builds on Emory University’s long history of highly successful global health projects and partnerships. It does this by supporting:

• Innovative global health Research Studies and Programs
• Global health Training programs for students and health professionals
• Global health Partnerships
• Global health Scholarship and Information Sharing through symposia, speakers’ series, and curriculum development

 

 

Interesting Information

The deadline for 2010 Global Health Student Photography Contest is September 20, 2010! Click here for more details, and here to view incredible photographs submitted for the 2009 contest.

Emory Global Health Institute Partners with WHO to Commemorate Smallpox Eradication

Listen to Dr. Jeffrey Koplan discuss the H1N1 flu and the possibility of other future pandemics here.

Read the Institute of Medicine's new report, The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors, and watch Dr. Jeffrey Koplan and his IOM colleagues discuss the report with The Kaiser Family Foundation.

Learn about the Smallpox Eradication Commemoration 2010 Secretariat (SEC2010) hosted by the Emory Global Health Institute.