Annual Student Photography Contest, Emory Global Health Institute

For over 14 years, the EGHI Global Health Student Photography Contest has showcased compelling and thought-provoking imagery from Emory students across all disciplines. This contest invites participants to share their unique perspectives on global health challenges, both at home and abroad, fostering cultural sensitivity and awareness through the lens of photography.

A distinguished panel of judges evaluates submissions based on four key criteria: connectivity, narrative impact, technical excellence, and cultural representation. The contest also features a People’s Choice Award, offering a platform for the Emory community to engage with these powerful images.

Supported by Atlanta-based philanthropist and photographer Bob Yellowlees, founder of Lumiere Gallery, winners will be awarded individual cash prizes of $500. Let your photography be a force for inspiration, education, and change.

For more information and submission instructions, please visit https://tinyurl.com/globalhealthphoto or contact Farah Dharamshi at fdharam [at] emory [dot] edu.

Submission Deadline: October 10th

Graduate Research Assistant, CIDMATH and Georgia Emerging Infections Program

The Emory Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analytics & Training Hub (CIDMATH) and Georgia Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at Emory’s Data Modernization team are looking for two graduate research assistants. These positions, as part of the collaboration between the Emory CIDMATH and EIP, will provide students with an opportunity to learn about infectious disease surveillance and electronic medical record systems, participate in process improvement projects, and develop skills in data modernization and visualization under the mentorship of CIDMATH and EIP leaders.

The ideal candidate is a first-year MPH/MSPH student in the Data Science certificate program who can dedicate 10-15 hours a week to the position and plans on staying on through summer 2026. This position may be used for the Applied Practice Experience (APE).

Key Responsibilities

• Transition existing code from SAS to R, maintaining clear and detailed documentation
• Develop a library of resources to execute EIP-specific tasks in R
• Build Power BI dashboards to provide valuable insights into EIP case data
• Perform data transformations in REDCap
• Create impactful maps and other data visualizations
• Increase automation of standard EIP tasks by writing reproducible and efficient code

Required Skills

• SAS
• R
• Data visualization and data management

Additional Preferred Skills

• Power BI
• REDCap
• GIS

If you are interested, please send a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the position, including prior experience, skills, and availability to continue through the summer to Marina Bruck at marina [dot] bruck [at] emory [dot] edu.

2025-2026 Scholarships, Rollins School of Public Health

RSPH invites currently enrolled full-time (full-time = 9 credit hours or more enrollment for Fall 2025 semester) MPH and MSPH students in good academic standing to apply for tuition scholarships for which they meet the criteria. Awards generally range between $2,500 – $4,000.

Scholarship applications via this form are due no later than Friday, September 19th at 11:59 pm ET. Students are expected to submit a paragraph of no more than 250 words for each scholarship they apply to addressing how they meet scholarship criteria.

For a full description of the available scholarships and application instructions, visit the form linked here.

International Education Week Essay Contest, Emory University

The International Education Week student essay contest is now open and accepting submissions! 

Last year’s student essay contest was a fantastic success, with almost 100 submissions from across Emory’s schools.

The contest is open to all enrolled Emory students. Entrants are invited to respond to any of 3 prompts with a 500–750-word essay. There will be monetary prizes for the winners and runners-up: 

• $500 each for the undergraduate and graduate winner 
• $250 each for the undergraduate and graduate runner-up 

Winners and runners-up will be announced in early November and invited to read portions of their essays at a reception on November 17^th. 

The submission window will close on October 3^rd, 11:59 p.m. 

For more information, visit the contest website linked here.