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Shortages of qualified mental health professionals are at crisis levels, nationally. According to Mental Health America (2021) Georgia ranks last in the nation in access to mental health care. The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University plans to launch postgraduate and doctoral programs to train psychiatric nurse practitioners to provide expert mental health care.
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NIH Awards $4 Million Grant To Improve Health In Diverse Communities
With this grant, an Emory-led team of environmental health scientists and health communication experts from the University of Georgia will join forces to translate important environmental health research findings to key stakeholders in the community, academia and health care systems through the newly created Center for Children’s Health Assessment, Research Translation and Combating Racism.
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Emory doctoral student among American Association of College of Nursing’s Jonas Scholars
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Ten Emory nurses to be inducted into American Academy of Nursing
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Emory Integrated Memory Care selected to test Medicare dementia care model
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Emory nursing doctoral student receives Kirschstein fellowship
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Emory University nursing professor receives Betty Irene Moore Fellowship
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Spring 2024 Emory Nursing Magazine: The Edge of Nursing Leadership
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Emory’s School of Nursing partners with Oglethorpe University to prepare additional nurses
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Emory nursing postdoc earns American Council of Learned Societies fellowship
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Emory School of Nursing master’s programs tops in nation for second straight year
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Emory School of Nursing welcomes mid-year faculty appointees
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Federal grant to nursing school preparing nurse anesthetists for service in underserved communities
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Nursing school receives $3.5 million to study online tool for caregivers of persons with dementia
11/7/23
Emory nursing school, Carter Center appoints position in global mental health nursing, workforce development
11/6/23
Nursing school receives $1.7 million for research in women’s health, intersectionality using data science
10/24/23
Nursing researchers receive $1.4 million to study informal caregiving networks of adults with dementia
10/17/23
School of Nursing $3.9 million grant to study connection between oral microbiome, Alzheimer’s disease
10/11/23
Nursing school receives $2.6 million for community-based mental health, substance use disorder treatment program
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Emory School of Nursing, Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition to address Georgia nursing issues through workforce center at Emory
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Emory School of Nursing welcomes new faculty members
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Emory nursing doctoral students receive prestigious NIH predoctoral fellowship awards
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International nursing honor society taps Emory University professor with top award
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Emory School of Nursing program receives Parkinson’s Foundation grant
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Emory School of Nursing names Choi assistant dean of education systems science
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Emory School of Nursing faculty member named Sigma Theta Tau honorary member
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Eight Emory School of Nursing faculty, alumni named American Academy of Nursing Fellows
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Emory researchers receive $2.7 million to study use of data to predict atrial fibrillation
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Emory School of Nursing receives gift to launch a fellowship program to train psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners with a focus on pediatrics
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Emory School of Nursing master's degree programs recognized as best in nation
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11/21/22
Emory, Georgia Tech researchers receive $2.46 million grant to develop intelligent tools for assessing effects of heat exposure on farmworkers
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Emory School of Nursing launches Center for Healthcare History and Policy
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