Executive Board Applications, Rollins mHealth Collaborative (RmC)

Are you passionate about data analytics, public health technology, and evidence-based decision-making? The Rollins mHealth Collaborative (RmC) is recruiting its next Executive Board members! We’re looking for motivated and collaborative students to help expand RmC’s mission, exploring how mobile health, digital tools, and data systems can drive public health impact and equity. First-year MPH students are especially encouraged to apply! 

The Rollins mHealth Collaborative (RmC) provides a platform for students and faculty to:

• Explore the global mobile health (mHealth) landscape
• Build practical skills in data science and analytics through workshops introducing tools like R, Python, Power BI, and Tableau
• Promote the translation of data into public health action, connecting evidence-based insights with equitable decision-making
• Foster collaboration between technology, research, and field implementation
• Engage with guest speakers, hands-on learning sessions, and cross-disciplinary projects

Applications are due on Wednesday, November 26th, at 11:59 pm. Feel free to email zoli [dot] smith [at] emory [dot] edu or tanmayee [dot] kodali [at] emory [dot] edu with any inquiries.

• For more information and application instructions, fill out the form linked here.

Public Health Analytics Course, Georgia Tech

The course presents students with a comprehensive data analytics framework used in healthy communities’ research and practice. The course focuses on measuring the three key social determinants of healthy (SDOH) communities— 1) the built environment, 2) social environment, and 3) access to healthcare. Students will learn to integrate spatial methods with applied statistics and use a variety of software packages including JMP, ArcGIS, and GeoDa. The methods taught in the course are widely applicable to various professional contexts outside of Public Health as well. Students will learn how to execute the entire life-cycle of a data analytics project including problem formulation, data preparation, exploratory analysis, modeling, and visualization in preparation for geospatial data science careers.

About the Instructor: Dr. Arthi Rao, Associate Director of CHHS, has an interdisciplinary educational and professional background in Urban Planning, Epidemiology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and is a certified GIS professional (GISP). Dr. Rao’s portfolio includes a focus on social/spatial analytics, as applied to healthy communities’ research and practice. She uses methods including spatial clustering, spatial regression, and multilevel modeling in her research. She has integrated these methods to create decision-support tools for academic and industrial applications. She currently serves as PI on an NSF grant to optimize access to healthcare, and the Co-PI for the NAACFRC in partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine, providing students with opportunities to engage with analytics on the forefront of social/spatial epidemiology and healthy communities’ research. Email: arthir [at] gatech [dot] edu

This course will be held on Friday from 2:00 – 4:45 p.m.

While this is an undergraduate class and will not count toward your MPH, you can still consider enrolling in it via the ARCHE program (a free exchange program w/other Atlanta universities).  The cross-registration deadline for spring ARCHE classes is Nov 15. 

REACH Fellowship, Rollins School of Public Health

The Responsive Engagement through Arts and Culture to Promote Health (REACH) fellowship provides 1st year MPH students an opportunity for an intensive learning experience focused on arts, culture, leadership, and health. The fellowship includes taking BSHES Engaging Communities through Arts and Culture to Promote Health course in the spring, participating in a series of interactive workshops late Spring, a summer of applied practice experience in arts and health, and a fall showcase to share fellow deliverables.

The REACH fellows will collaborate with global or local community partners to complete a project at the intersection of arts, culture, and social action to advance the community partner’s mission and current health priorities. 

Applications for the REACH fellowship are due November 14th. To apply, complete the form linked here.