Picture(s) of health

By Jennifer Wheelock n Illustrations by Mike Austin

Campaign Emory has raised $1.17 billion for a healthier future for Georgia.

In the largest fund-raising effort ever undertaken in Georgia, Campaign Emory has raised more than $1.69 billion, with $1.17 billion going to support Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC). Behind those numbers are the 149,000 alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, grateful patients, and friends who have contributed to a healthier picture for research, education, and patient care for Georgia and the region.

For the tiniest babies (and their moms)

Auxiliaries at Emory University Hospital (EUH) and EUH Midtown gave a combined $212,000 to support their hospitals, including $70,000 to expand neonatal intensive care and support maternity center patient and family services at EUH Midtown.

The nursing influence, at home and abroad

Grants led by nursing researcher Lynn Sibley are improving maternal and newborn survival rates in rural Ethiopia, a key academic focus area of the nursing school. Including gifts of $8.16 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and $4.5 million from the Canadian International Development Agency, the school generated more than $27 million in private funding during the campaign.