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, with a focus on addressing health inequities in three key areas: factors contributing to cardiometabolic risk and nutrition patterns in women to reduce inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality; farmworker and rural health and nutrition; and diabetes and hypertension prevention.
Her NIH- and American Heart Association-funded research program focuses on testing interventions designed to mitigate the progression of cardiometabolic disease among underserved 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 at Emory School of Medicine and the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program at Emory University. She also serves as Director of the Emory School of Nursing Farmworker Family Health Program, partnering with Georgia public health organizations to provide primary care to migrant farmworkers and their families.
She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Heart Association, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. She currently serves as President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and is the 2025–2026 National Academy of Medicine State Health Policy Fellow for Georgia.
Dr. Ferranti has more than 29 years of nursing experience and has served in bedside care, public health administration, nursing education, and nursing research. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Public Health in Public Policy, Master of Nursing, and PhD in Nursing from Emory University.
She has received numerous honors, including the 2025 American Heart Association National Volunteer of the Year Award.
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.