Using Photovoice to Tell a Story
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...
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.
Using Citizen Science to Identify and Map Environmental Hazard Concerns
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...
August 12, 2021
HERCULES Pilot Leads to EPA Funding for West Atlanta Project
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...
August 5, 2021
Collect, Connect, and Communicate: Data Visualization for Neighborhood Exposure Assessments
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...
May 20, 2021
HERCULES Pilot Funding Continues to Make an Impact in the Community
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...
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...
July 7, 2020
Lead levels and retained bullet fragments from firearm injury
Lead levels and retained bullet fragments from firearm injury Study Title: Lead Toxicity and Retained Bullet Fragments: A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Lead Levels after Firearm Injury PI: Randi N....
Soil Contamination and Community Gardeners’ Behavior
The HERCULES Community Engagement Core, with guidance from the Stakeholder Advisory Board and HERCULES scientists , created the following infographic and 1-page plain-language summary of research...
June 4, 2019
A Community-Engaged Pilot Study Leads to EPA Site Investigation
Emory University’s HERCULES Exposome Research Center funded a community-engaged pilot project investigating urban soil contamination in Atlanta. The study has led to an EPA site investigation and...