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The Woodruff School of Nursing’s Pediatric and Reproductive Environmental Health Scholars Southeastern Environmental Exposures and Disparities (PREHS-SEED) program is a five-year NIH-funded initiative that trains junior faculty to become leaders in pediatric and reproductive environmental health. In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, the program focuses on climate-related health disparities affecting vulnerable populations in the Southeastern U.S., including Black, Latinx, immigrant, and refugee communities. Through mentored research, specialized training, and community-based projects, PREHS-SEED supports scholars in developing solutions to environmental challenges such as extreme heat and air pollution, with a strong emphasis on advancing health equity.

The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program is a top-ranked, comprehensive program dedicated to teaching, research, and public service in environmental law and policy. The program offers students extensive classroom, experiential, and extracurricular opportunities in environmental law. It boasts more than a dozen course offerings, three full-time faculty members, outstanding adjunct professors from law firms and federal agencies, twenty externships, and the Turner Environmental Law Clinic—a pro bono legal initiative dedicated to safeguarding the environment and advancing environmental justice.

Rollins School of Public Health offers a Certificate in Climate and Health designed for students pursuing the MPH or MSPH degrees. It equips students to understand and respond to the health challenges posed by climate change. The program requires a two-course core sequence on climate and health, two additional electives, and a thesis or capstone project centered on a climate-related health issue. It emphasizes a blend of theory, policy, research, and community action. Students gain access to interdisciplinary training, faculty mentors, and applied research opportunities that prepare them for careers in environmental health, policy, program design, and advocacy related to climate-driven health impacts.

The Piedmont Project is a nationally recognized, interdisciplinary faculty development initiative. Each summer, about 20 faculty from across Emory’s schools and colleges participate in a four-part program: a multi-day workshop, development of a new or revised syllabus integrating sustainability, a concluding field trip, and a spring follow-up session. The Project empowers educators to embed environmental, sustainability, and social justice themes into their courses, fostering diverse pedagogical innovation—cuts across fields from Russian literature to pharmacology to computer science. It has served over 300 faculty and catalyzed curricular transformation, resulting in new or revamped courses for thousands of students, stimulating faculty research, publications, and community engagement.