Researchers of Emory

Sierra Stubbs  is a rising senior majoring in Human Health. She was awarded a Summer 2018 Conference Grant which she used to attend the Agriculture, Food, Human Values, and Society Conference . For the last year, I have had the opportunity to assist Dr. Reznickova with her research on the participation and/or exclusion of low income people in farmers’ markets around Atlanta. I took a class with Dr. Reznickova, and because I loved the class I frequently went to her office hours. The topic of research came up, and when I told her I was interested in learning how to conduct research, she told me about her study. I am so glad that she offered me the opportunity to assist her with this research, as this study is very unique and important. During our literature review, we found that many studies about farmers’ markets, the local food movement, and low income participation typically implied that low income people feel excluded from alternative food spaces, or do not want to attend ...

Julia Durmer  is a rising senior majoring in Human Health and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She was awarded a Summer 2018 Conference Grant which she used to attend the SLEEP Conference . Between June 2 nd  and June 6 th  I was in Baltimore, Maryland, attending and presenting research at the 2018 Associated Professional Sleep Societies’ (APSS) annual meeting, which is referred to as  SLEEP . SLEEP is an annual scientific and clinical conference for sleep medicine physicians and sleep and circadian researchers, featuring lectures and an exhibit hall. During my time in Baltimore, I had the pleasure of presenting my research two times, once in a poster exposition and a second time when I was invited to take part in a symposium on the topic of sleep duration’s impact on cardiovascular and metabolic health. I gave a talk on my study, entitled “The Association Between Sleep Duration and Excess Heart Age Among U.S. Adults.” What made this meeting extra special ...

Aidan Williams is a senior majoring in Human Health. He was awarded a Spring 2017 Independent Grant which he used to conduct research on treatments for postpartum infection under Dr. James Lyles. Part 1: Why Plants? People often ask me about the type of work that I do in my lab. Working for Dr. Cassandra Quave has been the most educational and engaging experience I’ve had at Emory, but I’d be hesitant to tell people right up front that our work derives use from plants. There seems to be a huge gap in understanding as to where our medicine came from in the first place and where it comes from now. To be frank, the vast majority of our antibiotics that we have are derived from soil . Think about it; dust and particles in the Earth, thousands of years old, have come in contact with some of the most deadly microbes that we can imagine, but have continued to exist all this time. Plants are no different, and are responsible for a large portion of medications that have been ...