Vaping Exposure in Children
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a HERCULES Pilot Project about vaping exposure...
The Community Engagement Core
The Community Engagement Core (CEC) collaborates with community partners using an exposome approach to seek environmental justice and improve health in the metro Atlanta area.
Guided by a commitment to anti-racism, we aim to:
Create conversations between the Atlanta community and HERCULES
Increase the capacity of local communities to address their environmental health concerns
Guide and support HERCULES scientists in community engagement
Our Approach
By developing partnerships and building capacity among community members and scientists, the CEC aims to incorporate community concerns into the long-term research efforts of HERCULES investigators.
To achieve these aims, we use the following approaches:
Partnerships
Our work relies on strong partnerships, especially with our Stakeholder Advisory Board. Our Board, which includes local residents, non-profits, and government agencies, guides CEC activities and ensures community concerns about environmental health issues are incorporated into HERCULES. We also support community-engaged research partnerships through the HERUCLES Pilot Program and by recognizing partners for their community engaged work.
Learn about our SAB and partnership work
Community Resources
We create and provide environmental health resources relevant to the local community, including infographics and summaries of environmental health research
Roadshow and Grant Program
We conduct workshops with local communities to share the exposome concept, identify communities’ exposome-related perspectives and concerns and include those perspectives in future exposome science. We then provide grants for communities to address those concerns.
Current and past grant programs
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
We support HERUCLES scientists who are interested in integrating community-engaged approaches into their research, facilitate community-scientist partnerships when appropriate, and prepare future scientists for community-engaged research.
Community Engagement Core Services
Community Engagement Highlights
Read our Community Engagement Core publications here.
- Clarence “Shaheed” Dubois Community Grant Program highlighted in Emory’s Public Health Magazine
- Results of 2013/2014 Mini-Grant “Proctor Creek Watershed Watch: A Photovoice Project” presented at 2015 U.S. EPA Community Involvement Training Conference
- Proctor Creek Coalition January 2015 Meeting Updates
- Clarence “Shaheed” Dubois Community Grant Program
- CEC activities in the news!
- Atlanta Community Forum: Environment, Health and Action
Community Engagement Activities
April 9, 2021
Anti-Racism Commitment for the Emory HERCULES Community Engagement Core (CEC)
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core and Stakeholder Advisory Board have adopted an Anti-Racism Commitment to guide us in our...
Industrial Air Pollution in East Point
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from community partners and HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic summarizing the results from a HERCULES Pilot Project about...
February 3, 2021
What Chemicals are in your Exposome?
Find out how toxic the everyday products in your home are, and use this infographic for ideas of where to find them and how to reduce your...
January 29, 2021
Roadshow Grantee: Neighborhood Planning Unit P
Residents of NPU-P are concerned about a variety of issues in their environment such as such as litter, pollution, excessive dumping, and overgrown vegetation. In particular, the state and federal...
Happy 50th Earth Day!
While we know that Earth Day is EVERYDAY, it is nice, on this day, to take some time out from our everyday busy schedules to reflect on our environment. Below are some ideas and events that partners...
April 13, 2020
First Two Communities Complete Exposome Roadshow Program
The two communities that entered our Clarence Shaheed Dubois Exposome Roadshow and Community Grant Program in its inaugural year completed the 3 year program on March 31, 2020! Each community came...
Everyday Chemicals in your Exposome: DIY Personal Care Alternatives!
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists, created the following infographic series about everyday chemicals found in our...