HERCULES aims to learn how environmental exposures affect health and community well-being by building relationships with Atlanta-area communities and partnering together to conduct exposome research. This page includes highlights and descriptions of our community-partnered research. Read more about the HERCULES Community Engagement Core and all of our community engagement activities here.
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core partnered with the PBB Research Team and community partners, researchers at the University of Michigan’s P30 Center, and an oral historian at Central...
PI: Noah Scovronick, School of Public Health, Environmental Health The city of Brunswick, a majority African American and low-income city in southeast Georgia, is located on the coast and faces...
Study Title: Mobile Health (mHealth) for Monitoring Environmental Exposures and Health Impacts in Low-Income Communities: A Community-Engaged Pilot Study PI: Christine Ekenga, School of Public...
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...
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic as a summary of research led by Stakeholder...
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic as a summary of research led by Stakeholder...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded Emory University researchers $1.35 million to work with members of the West Atlanta community to better understand any potential risks in the area for...
PI: Lance Waller, School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Community Lead: Clarence Williams, Chapel Hill Neighborhood Organization, Dekalb County, GA We live in a connected world...
Eri Saikawa’s work on soil lead contamination in west Atlanta started with HERCULES Pilot Program funding and continues to make an impact in the community. EPA’s recent expansion of the...