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$17.8 million in total FY 23 sponsored funding is nearly 80% greater than just four years ago
ATLANTA—With more than 100 externally funded research and service projects in the past fiscal year alone, faculty in the Georgia State University School of Public Health are leveraging their expertise to advance health equity in Atlanta and around the world.
In fiscal year 2023, which concluded on June 30, the School of Public Health earned $17.8 million in sponsored funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state agencies such as the Georgia Department of Human Services and foundations that include that CDC Foundation.
Fiscal year 2023 marks the fourth consecutive year that sponsored funding has topped $15 million at the Georgia State SPH. The $17.8 million FY 23 total represents a nearly 80% increase from the $10 million in sponsored funding just four years ago and is the second highest-level in the school’s history.
“The rapid growth in sponsored funding at the Georgia State SPH is the result of a sustained effort to recruit and support talented faculty and staff who are dedicated to improving the health of populations,” said Dean Rodney Lyn. “In addition to promoting health here in Georgia and globally, our extensive research and outreach makes our school a destination of choice for students who want to complement classroom instruction with real-world learning experiences.”
A range of projects contributed to the SPH’s high level of sponsored funding in FY 23. The school is an international leader in tobacco prevention and control, with a CDC Foundation funded Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Tobacco Research that has brought researchers from six countries on three continents to learn from Georgia State SPH faculty. Faculty members have also received funding from the National Institutes of Health to better understand decision-making among smokers, to pilot a program to help families involved in child protective services establish smoke-free homes, and to use personalized, interactive text messages to help smokers quit, among other projects.
Additional SPH projects that received funding in FY 23 include work to develop and test social media messages that aim to empower bystanders to prevent sexual assault and a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging through which the GSU SPH is leading a multi-institutional team that seeks to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease research. Sponsored service includes the EMPOWER Program, through which SPH faculty connect high school teachers and students from metro Atlanta with hands-on STEM learning opportunities.
With funding from federal agencies and state partners such as the Georgia Department of Human Services, SPH faculty are also working to promote the health, safety and well-being of children, adults and families through units of the Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, which houses the Center for Leadership in Disability, Georgia Association for Infant Mental Health: Birth to Five, the National Center on Child Trafficking, the National SafeCare Training and Research Center and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia.
To learn more about research and outreach at the Georgia State School of Public Health, visit https://publichealth.gsu.edu/research-outreach/.
Writer: Sam Fahmy, [email protected]