Why Emory?

Founding the Emory Global Health Institute was a natural evolution for Emory University. The Institute builds on a strong foundation in global health research, training, and scholarship that was laid by the Emory University School of Medicine, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, the Rollins School of Public Health, the Emory Vaccine Center, and other schools and departments such as anthropology, area studies, biology, chemistry, and theology.

The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing trains nurses to improve the health of vulnerable people worldwide through nursing education, research, practice, and policy development. The Rollins School of Public Health provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop and implement public health efforts in a variety of settings working with multiple partner organizations. The Emory University School of Medicine is home to world-renowned researchers and clinicians specializing in both infectious and chronic diseases. Researchers in Emory's chemistry and pediatrics departments have had remarkable success in developing highly effective and widely used anti-retroviral agents. Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have developed an FDA-approved AIDS vaccine that is moving into Phase I clinical trials and established a formal malaria research partnership with Brazilian scientists. Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center has made landmark discoveries in the fields of microbiology and immunology, and faculty in anthropology, area studies, biology, and theology have also engaged in global health projects as varied as bench science research to faith-based health interventions. Emory is also home to the sub-secretariat of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes, a Gates Foundation-funded initiative whose goal is to build global public health infrastructure through the creation and expansion of national public health institutes around the world.