News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library is thrilled to announce the launch of a special collaborative podcast miniseries, Behind the Breakthroughs: Off the Field. Hosted by Melissa Deuber, MSIS, this series takes listeners inside the labs and onto the cutting edge of sports science, biomechanics, and athlete safety. In partnership with the Emory Sports Read More …
Have you ever worked on a group project where it just feels like not everyone is pulling their weight? Maybe all the work is falling to one person—maybe that person has been you! This near-universal experience, it turns out, is also shared by mice, as Emory PhD candidate Jari Javier has discovered at the Murugan Lab here on campus. Mice, with their complex Read More …
As Atlanta prepares to host the World Cup in summer of 2026, this selection of books from our collection explores the intersection of sport and health, with an emphasis on soccer, the world’s most popular sport. As a branch of Sports Medicine, Soccer Medicine offers preventative, acute and rehabilitative care and techniques based on an Read More …
As part of Emory Libraries’ efforts to celebrate the 2026 World Cup in Atlanta, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library presents a new display, “Footwork: Soccer and the Healing Arts.” The display explores the evolution and current state of Soccer Medicine, a rapidly growing area of the wider discipline of Sports Medicine, which focuses on Read More …
Now on display at the WHSC Library: AIDS, Posters, and Stories of Public Health: A People’s History of a Pandemic This exhibition explores how AIDS posters serve as highly adaptable, durable, cost effective, efficient tools in sharing public health messaging. Created by communities bonded together by illness and a desire to make change, these posters Read More …
As part of Emory University’s ongoing commitment to health equity and community collaboration, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is proud to present Mission Possible 2, a new digital exhibition launched in conjunction with King Week 2026. This exhibit explores how Emory University, in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Health System, has carried forward Dr. Martin Luther Read More …
Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP —an article seemingly written with AI assistance and then presumably reviewed with AI assistance–was published by Scientific Reports (from Nature Group) on November 19th, 2025. It took nine days for the editor to update the article with a note about Read More …
Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. Healthy red blood cells are flexible and shaped like discs, allowing them to easily move through the bloodstream. In individuals affected by sickle cell disease, red blood cells are misshapen into crescent or sickle shapes. The Read More …
We have exciting news to share about library resources for EHC employees! Access to Library resources for EHC staff has been updated to be uniform across all 10 hospital divisions. Resources that will be available to EHC staff include CINAHL Ultimate, AccessMedicine, ClinicalKey, open access resources such as PubMed Central and the Directory of Open Access Read More …
Our newest collection highlight is about food, diet, and nutrition science! This exhibit covers a wide range of food-related topics: diet and nutrition science, agriculture and farming, food insecurity and public policy, and psychological aspects of eating. The substances we depend upon for sustenance affect our immune systems, our ability to recover from illness or Read More …