Rollins School of Public Health :: Promoting Health, Preventing Disease

In this tough economy, the 1,100 students at Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) have a leg up in their quest for employment, thanks to the school's Office of Career Services, directed by Claudia Ellett. She and her staff use a number of tools—career fairs, mentoring, networking, mock interviews, even tough love—to help ensure that students receive the professional and practical experience needed to succeed in a competitive workforce.

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The most recent issue of Emory Public Health magazine focuses on how Rollins students help strengthen the nonprofit sector in Atlanta.

Local Impact
Atlanta health agencies often rely on Rollins students to fill their staffing needs.

Learning from a Distance
Marking 15 years of distance learning, the CMPH program attracts public health professionals from all over the country, as well as Canada, Africa, and Europe.

Keeping the fish in the fish bowl
Students learn to examine health and community from the inside out.

Class Notes| Dean's Message | Celebrating Emory's History

President Barack Obama this week named 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among them, William Foege, MD, professor emeritus in the Rollins School of Public Health. The Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards will be presented at the White House in late spring. Foege is widely recognized as instrumental in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. After serving as a medical missionary in Nigeria, Foege became chief of CDC's Smallpox Eradication Program and was named CDC director in 1977.

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