Research

Today's challenges in health and patient care require a community of creative partners willing to rethink the way the world looks at medicine.

Research Innovation

Conducting Research

We support our researchers with resources to help them conduct studies, communicate the significance of their findings, and speed the application of discoveries.

Core Facilities

Our core facilities provide access to technologies, equipment, and support services to help researchers manage and interpret data, as well as a network of resources at partnering institutions.

Research Centers

Our centers operate some of the most respected programs in the world for translational, clinical, and scientific research, with specialty areas in medicine's fastest-growing fields.

Training

Our research training programs are preparing investigators for the next life-saving discovery.

I am an Emory Researcher Meet Seema Lakdawala, PhD Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Lakdawala researches influenza viruses and how they transmit through the air from person to person. She hopes to one day develop a surveillance system to determine the pandemic potential of circulating viruses.

Understanding influenza transmission

The Latest in Emory Research

Emory Test Validation Center helps achieve historic milestone for hepatitis C control Jul. 18, 2024

The novel hepatitis C test will enable a person to be tested, and if positive for HCV, quickly connect to care and potentially begin life-saving treatment, all in a singular visit.

Emory student Courtney Fitzgerald wins highly competitive Beinecke Scholarship Jul. 18, 2024

Rising senior Courtney Fitzgerald has been named one of 20 Beinecke Scholars nationwide. After conducting extensive undergraduate research, she plans to pursue a PhD in sociology to study how and why we interact with others.

Emory Test Validation Center helps achieve historic milestone for hepatitis C control Jul. 18, 2024

The novel hepatitis C test will enable a person to be tested, and if positive for HCV, quickly connect to care and potentially begin life-saving treatment, all in a singular visit.

Research by the Numbers

$700.1 million in 2023 sponsored research funding awards

We're best known for our work in infectious disease, brain health, cancer, transplantation, orthopedics, pediatrics, renal disease, ophthalmology, and geriatrics.

17th in NIH funding nationally

Our investigators consistently compete with the top research institutes in the nation for National Institutes of Health awards.

138 start-ups from Emory technologies

Discoveries made by our researchers attract funding, generate new products that improve lives, and create jobs that support the economy.

2,459 current clinical trials

We're constantly pioneering new lifesaving medicines, medical devices, and treatment protocols, with more clinical trials than any other institution in Georgia.