Laura M. Gaydos, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and deputy director for the Executive MPH Program at Rollins School of Public Health. As a leader in public health education, Dr. Gaydos focuses on innovative methods of instructional and curricular delivery, including the use of distance and hybrid methods to train workforce professionals and those outside of the traditional classroom setting. Dr. Gaydos is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Gaydos received her PhD in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Women's and Children's Center at Emory before joining the faculty at the Rollins School of Public Health.
Titles & Roles
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
Research
Dr. Gaydos is a mixed-methods researcher with a focus on women’s, reproductive and maternal/child health issues.
Publications
Dr. Gaydos has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and commissioned works and has made dozens of public presentations on her work.