Behavioral Sciences and Health Education

BSHE is committed to applying a broad spectrum of behavioral and social science knowledge, theory and methods to promote health, prevent disease and improve quality of life. We apply a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to research and advocate an ecological perspective to understanding and influencing the factors that shape health and illness. We have full-time faculty representing the disciplines of health education, communications, psychology, educational psychology, sociology, nursing, anthropology, history, and demography. We are also supported by faculty in the schools of Medicine and Nursing and in Emory’s graduate programs of anthropology, sociology, and the Institute of Liberal Arts.

We are also committed to bringing applied public health experience to our research, teaching, and mentoring activities. Many faculty members have served at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in state or local health departments, or in international public health organizations. Leading health educators and behavioral scientists from the CDC, the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the American Cancer Society, the Arthritis Foundation, and The Carter Center serve as adjunct faculty who teach and work closely with students.