Biography
Emily G. Armstrong is an undergraduate student and Double Dawg in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia.
With the Lamm Lab, Emily worked on the Healthier Together project as part of the field work team. She assisted with focus groups and survey collection in the five rural communities for project evaluation and was a UGA CURO scholar in the Lamm Lab during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Emily is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in in Health Promotion with a minor in Global Health with an anticipated graduation date of Summer 2023. After her undergraduate degree, Emily plans to complete an MPH in Epidemiology with an anticipated graduation date of Spring 2024. In addition to her work with the Lamm Lab, she is also an undergraduate researcher on the CPC Map Project under Dr. Danielle Lambert and Dr. Andrea Swartzendruber.
Research Interests
There are so many parts of public health Emily loves, but her current research interests lie in health disparities, social determinants of health, global health, nutrition and diet, chronic diseases, and maternal and child health. Specifically, Emily enjoys looking at how things like disparities and socioeconomic status affect health outcomes, and what tools and changes we can make to improve these situations.
Favorite Quote
“When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.”
Queen Elizabeth
