What's New Archive
November 1, 2024
Read the CDC issue Brief featuring the EPRC’s Healthy Homes/Healthy Families program: “Prevention Research Centers: Addressing Nutrition and Obesity Through Policy Research and Evaluation”.
October 1, 2024
Congratulations to all involved... our Healthy Homes/Healthy Families intervention is now listed by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities as evidence-based! See it on the HD PULSE site here.
February 10, 2024
Congratulations to Michelle Kegler who was recognized as on of The Ten Most Influential Women Scholars in Health Promotion by Sage Journals American Journal of Health Promotion. Selected using rigorous criteria for her influence in the health promotion field, Dr. Kegler was found to excel in scholarly productivity, excellence in teaching, health promotion advocacy, and executive leadership.
September 21, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Winkler and Angela Zhang, MPH who were featured in the AJC article Access to fresh produce is not a given across Atlanta. Dr. Winker's study, led by the Healthy Food Retail Research Team at Emory, focused on small food stores. They found a much smaller percentage of majority-Black neigborhoods carry fresh produce and accept SNAP.
June 5, 2023
Congratulations to Emory Prevention Research Center Director Dr. Michelle Kegler who was recognized in The Ten Most Influential Women Scholars in Health Promotion by Sage journals. “This top ten list celebrates the scholarly leadership of women influencers who are currently active in the health promotion profession and are playing a unique role in individual and community health improvement.”
May 26, 2023
The EPRC was featured on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website in a news release “Secondhand Smoke: the invisible killer that continues to cause death and disease” and in an infographic SMOKEFREE HOMES. The infographic describes the EPRC's Some Things are Better Outside intervention and links to the Smoke-Free Homes project website. Congratulations to all the members of the Smoke-Free Homes team!
May 11, 2023
Dr. Alexandra Morshed’s CDC Special Interest Project (SIP) was featured in the Albany Herald in April. The research project Go Sun Smart Georgia: Development, Evaluation and Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Intervention to Increase Sun Safety among Underserved Outdoor Workers will focus on reducing UV exposure for African Americans working outdoors in Dougherty county Georgia. Read the article here.
March 3, 2023
Read the EPRC's latest publication “Differences in Health Care Access and Use by Gender, Race, Income, Age and Employment among Residents of the Rural South” in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved just published by John Hopkins University Press. Data is from a population-based mailed survey conducted for The Two Georgias Initiative funded by the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.
February 10, 2023
SIP 21-004 Go Sun Smart Georgia The CDC funds Special Interest Projects (SIPs) to focus on a topic of interest or a gap in scientific evidence. SIP grants are competitively awarded only to investigators affiliated with one of the 26 Prevention Research Centers in the national network. During this funding cycle, Emory has been awarded seven SIP grants – one in 2022, two in 2020 and four in 2019. Learn about Emory's recently awarded SIP Go Sun Smart Georgia
December 16, 2022
HPV Vaccine Mini-grants Program Kickoff Meeting in Albany, Georgia with Dougherty, Baker, Mitchell, and Seminole County Health Departments. Emory CPCRN is excited to work with these four sites to increase HPV vaccination in southwest Georgia.
November 16, 2022
The EPRC held a Research Summit on October 24th in Albany, Georgia bringing together colleagues from all over the SWGA region. The EPRC highlighted the 17+ year collaboration and investments in the community. Several active research initiatives, including The Healthy Homes/Healthy Families program in partnership with 2-1-1 were featured. Community Voices sessions identified key health issues in the community for potential future EPRC grants.
October 7, 2022
EPRC Research Summit! Join the Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC) for a Research Summit on Wednesday, November 9th in Albany, Georgia. This will be an interactive meeting where you can learn about our EPRC research, tools, and available resources. You also can network and identify collaboration opportunities with others who share your interests. Register Here If you have any questions, please contact Lucja Bundy We hope to see you there in November!
September 30, 2022
Save the Date! Join the Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC) for a Research Summit on Wednesday, November 9th in Albany, GA. This will be an interactive meeting where you can learn about our EPRC research, tools, and available resources. You also can network and identify collaboration opportunities with others who share your interests. Stay tuned for registration details! If you have any questions, please contact Lucja Bundy We hope to see you there in November!
September 2, 2022
The EPRC’s core research project Healthy Homes/Healthy Families 2-1-1 was recently featured in the CDC's Prevention Research Matters newsletter for the PRC network. Read about it here.
August 22, 2022
HPV Vaccination Mini-Grant Program in Southwest Georgia 2022-2023 Deadline: August 31, 2022. Calling all health departments, school-based clinics, university health centers, and health systems including FQHCs in Southwest Georgia to apply for HPV vaccination mini-grants. The grantees need to provide data on their HPV vaccination rates and is a 1-year project. Application
August 1, 2022
Drs. Kegler and Escoffery were featured July 18th on SaportaReport, Emory's Winship Cancer Institute Works to Bridge Racial Disparities in Cancer.
June 16, 2022
A new NCI R01 grant will expand the EPRC’s Smoke-Free Homes intervention to rural Native American households. Building on successful collaborations, this study will create an innovative and effective model for promoting smoke-free homes in rural areas, and for reducing secondhand smoke among American Indian nonsmokers and children and related cancer disparities. Dr. Michelle Kegler’s research was featured in Emory’s Research Roundup.. A new NCI R01 grant will expand the EPRC’s Smoke-Free Homes intervention to rural Native American households. Building on successful collaborations, this study will create an innovative and effective model for promoting smoke-free homes in rural areas, and for reducing secondhand smoke among American Indian nonsmokers and children and related cancer disparities.
May 17, 2022
We're sponsoring a free training webinar— Health Literacy Part 1: Communicating the Message gives you tools to describe health literacy and its impact, identify barriers to comprehension, and communicate effectively.
Don't miss this informative webinar Friday, June 10th 10:30am - 12pm. Space is limited! Register now using this link or the QR code on the PDF here.
April 14, 2022
Dr. Michelle Kegler’s research was featured in Emory’s Research Roundup. April 12th. A new NCI R01 grant will expand the EPRC’s Smoke-Free Homes intervention to rural Native American households. Building on successful collaborations, this study will create an innovative and effective model for promoting smoke-free homes in rural areas, and for reducing secondhand smoke among American Indian nonsmokers and children and related cancer disparities.
January 5, 2022
Dr. Sam Lim received a CDC SIP to examine approaches to improve care and management of people with lupus. The aim is to examine behavioral and psychosocial factors and their association with patient reported outcomes using data from the CDC–supported, population-based Georgians Organized Against Lupus (GOAL) Cohort. Learn more here.
November 11, 2021
EPRC’s BreatheEasy Georgia Homes team was at the Atlanta Apartment Association Trade Show to promote Smoke Free housing for multifamily apartment communities in Georgia. Learn about the BreatheEasy Georgia recognition program and their Smoke-Free policies here.
October 1, 2021
The EPRC was featured in the PRC Newsletter for its collaboration with the Georgia State University PRC on an intervention to help eliminate child secondhand smoke exposure and reduce cancer disparities in homes involved with the child protection system! Learn more about the intervention.
June 29, 2021
Dr. Guan Yue, Rollins BSHES faculty, and Victoria Krauss, BSHES project coordinator, have been selected as CPCRN scholars. They will be learning about implementation science in cancer control and preventions. Read more about the Scholars Program in the the Meet the CPCRN Scholars article: CPCRN Spring 2021 Newsletter.
May 18, 2021
Our community partners asked us to assess opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine among residents of southwest Georgia. We are conducting a two part assessment, Click here to see reasons for vaccine hesitance in the region. Qualitative interviews are underway.
May 6, 2021
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The EPRC recently published a series of articles on home food environments and their impact on healthy eating. Topics include home snacking inventories, food acquisition behaviors of rural residents, home gardening and fruit and vegetable intake, and associations between food deserts and food shopping.
March 6, 2021
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The EPRC cancer prevention work was featured in Rollins Public Health News. Learn more about Cam Escoffery’s work in Rollins Professor’s Community Engagement Expertise Impacts Emory’s Cancer Prevention and Research Initiatives and Michelle Kegler’s work in Not today cancer, Rollins researchers keep the Big C at bay.
December 16, 2020
The EPRC creates downloadable infographics where you can learn more about our research, findings, metrics and activities. Go to our page here.
October 26, 2020
Having evidence-based scientific discoveries incorporated into routine practice in the real world is essential to improving public health. This month, Dr. Cam Escoffery is featured in Emory Public Health magazine. Not lost in translation. The science of getting discoveries into the field highlights our implementation science research for cancer survivors.
October 1, 2020
Emory is the coordinating center for The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network - a multi-site initiative dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people with epilepsy. With the combination of research, evaluation, and program dissemination, the MEW Network develops sustainable self-management programs to for people living with epilepsy. Funded by the CDC Epilepsy Program, the MEW Network currently houses over 7 self-management programs. For more information, visit: The MEW Network. .