Office of Nursing Research
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is home to one of the nation's top nursing research enterprises. The school is currently ranked sixth in NIH research funding among private schools of nursing and fourteenth among all schools of nursing. This year, nearly $7.5 million in federal and foundation grants helped support research designed to improve health across the lifespan, both locally and globally, with a particular focus on underserved populations. The school's research portfolio is interprofessional, inter-institutional, and international.
Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has been awarded a $1.5 million, Collaborative Practice Grant by the Health Resources & Services Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a new research center for chronic illness. The Center for Cognition, Affect, and Symptom Science will focus on the symptoms of emotional and cognitive decline commonly associated with chronic illness. The center will promote and support research into the biological and behavioral basis of how chronic illness can influence patients' thoughts, decisions and emotions.