Erin P. Ferranti, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN

Erin P. Ferranti is a public health nurse scientist dedicated to prevention and health promotion science in addressing health inequities through three specific areas of emphasis: Factors contributing to cardiometabolic risk and nutrition patterns in women to reduce inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality, farmworker/rural health and nutrition, and diabetes and hypertension prevention. Her NIH-funded and AHA-funded program of research is focused on testing interventions to mitigate cardiometabolic disease progression in disparate and at-risk urban and rural perinatal and postnatal populations.

Dr. Ferranti is a tenured Associate Professor of Nursing at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing with additional appointments in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory School of Medicine and in the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program at Emory University. She is the Director of the Emory School of Nursing Farmworker Family Health Program, partnering with Georgia public health to provide primary care to migrant farmworkers and their families. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). She is currently serving as the President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). Dr. Ferranti is the 2025-2026 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) State Health Policy Fellow for Georgia.

Dr. Ferranti has over 29 years experience as a nurse and has served at the bedside, in public health administration, as a nurse educator and nurse scientist. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, her Masters in Public Health in public policy and Masters of Nursing, and her PhD in Nursing, all from Emory University. She is the recipient of many awards, including the 2025 American Heart Association National Volunteer of the Year award.