Brain Health: Conditions

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) is one of 12 organizations awarded funding from the National Council on Aging and Administration for Community Living to enhance Georgia’s fall prevention coalition. The center received a nearly $150,000 grant to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the state to reduce falls and minimize risks among aging adults.

Hundreds of community members and guests from both Emory University and Emory Healthcare marched together in the Atlanta Pride Parade on Sunday, Oct. 12. See photos of the fun.

Emory Johns Creek Hospital recently held a “test-drive” event for its newest non-surgical robot, called ION. The ION bronchoscopy system by Intuitive uses minimally invasive fiberoptic technology to allow providers to biopsy lung nodules that may be suspicious for lung cancer.

Emory Healthcare is bringing new services and specialists to Central Georgia with a clinic to treat heart, vascular and transplant patients. The clinic is the first of its kind in Warner Robins and will be staffed by clinicians from Emory Healthcare Heart & Vascular and Emory Healthcare Transplant teams.

The multisite study, conducted in collaboration with the University of Virginia and the University of California San Francisco, will follow patient-caregiver pairs over time to better understand how patients and families navigate the demands of home dialysis therapy and how their daily life experiences evolve.