Grand Rounds, featuring Dr. Jodie Guest

Dr. Jodie Guest is a Professor and Senior Vice Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health, Co-Director of the Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, and the Associate Program Director for the Physician Assistant Program in the School of Medicine at Emory University. She has been the recipient of multiple awards at Emory, most recently the 2022 Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award for Rollins School of Public Health, the 2022 and 2020 Rollins School of Public Health Professor of the Year, 2020 Teaching Excellence Award from the Department of Epidemiology, and the 2019 Emory School of Medicine Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award. She is also the 2023 Society for Epidemiologic Research Kenneth Rothman Career Achievement Winner. Dr. Guest has a broad background in epidemiology and specific expertise in racial, sexual and gender minority populations in HIV care, large cohorts, and emergency preparedness. Her work centers on communities with inequitable access, stigma, and systemic barriers to care and science communication. Dr. Guest is also the director of the Emory Farmworker Project, a multi-disciplinary program to provide healthcare to thousands of migrant farmworkers each year.
Beginning in March 2020, Dr. Guest created and led Emory’s Outbreak Response Team for COVID-19, working with poultry plant workers, communities in middle Georgia, the Mexican Consulate in Atlanta, the unhoused in Atlanta, and other communities with limited access to vaccines and testing. She has prepared public health plans for multiple community organizations including being the Iditarod COVID Czar for the 2021-2023 races. Dr. Guest also serves as the MPox advisor for the City of Atlanta. Dr. Guest has played a prominent role in engaging with local and national media since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted Emory’s weekly video updates about COVID-19. She was awarded Emory’s 2021 MLK Community Service Award for her work with her Outbreak Response Team. She is currently creating Emory’s Science Communication Certificate and Fellowship Programs.
Dr. Guest serves on the Board of Trustees for Leadership Atlanta, the Leadership Council for Zoo Atlanta, as Faculty Counselor for Emory Board of Trustees, secretary of the University Senate, chair of the health committee for the Atlanta Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Council and chair of the National LGBTQ Health Conference.