Emory gets $15M to establish first center to research toxic Superfund sites’ health effects

Emory University Hospital Midtown is seen May 15, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

After decades of pollution, Brunswick residents have a new resource for researching the link between area Superfund sites and their health.

A five-year, $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Environmental Health (NIH) has been awarded to Emory University to examine how environmental contaminants affect human health, following a 2023 pilot study involving approximately 100 Glynn County residents, according to the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.

Emory will lead the research in partnership with university faculty from the University of GeorgiaGeorgia Institute of TechnologyMorehouse School of MedicineSpelman College, and Texas Tech University.