Overview
Edward Jenner (1749-1823) discovered vaccination for smallpox. He is featured on one of 33 panels of a mosaic on the history of medical science from 10,000 B.C.E. to the present. The three-story mosaic is located in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building. |
The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) encompasses
components of Emory University responsible for education of health
professionals, research affecting health and illness, patient care,
and policies for prevention and treatment of disease. The WHSC's
namesake, the legendary leader of The Coca-Cola Company, was a man
whose vision and generosity left a lasting imprint on Emory and
on Atlanta.
In addition to the WHSC components listed in the following pages,
Emory University includes Emory College, Oxford College, a graduate
school of arts and sciences, and professional schools of business,
law, and theology. The student body, including the WHSC, totals
12,338. Faculty total 3,278 and employees, 21,129 (including faculty).
At $4.9 billion (as of fiscal year 2006), Emory's endowment ranks
13th among universities in the country.
Many of the WHSC facilities are located on or near Emory's main
campus, 631 acres along the Clifton Corridor in a suburban area
15 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Emory's 42-acre Briarcliff Campus,
located 1 mile west of the main campus, is the site of EmTech Bio,
a business incubator for biotechnology developed with Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Faculty and staff perform the WHSC's core missions ——
teaching, research, and patient care —— at various hospitals
owned by or affiliated with Emory and at a number of Emory Healthcare
sites and affiliates throughout the city, state, and region. Physicians
in Emory Healthcare and affiliate hospitals are responsible for
4.4 million patient visits a year.
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