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 programs train professionals in the art of discovery, preparing you for a career that increases medical knowledge and, ultimately, improves lives.

I am an Emory Researcher Meet Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD Professor, Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering

Wilbur Lam is many things. He is a professor of pediatrics and biomedical engineering, contact principal investigator of the Atlanta Center for Microsystems Point-of-Care Technologies, associate dean of innovation at Emory School of Medicine and director of the new center for the Advancement of Diagnostics for a Just Society. And he’s recently been named Emory’s inaugural vice provost for entrepreneurship.

Solving problems

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The Latest in Emory Research

New AI tool supports best practices to prevent spread of dangerous C. diff infections Jun. 16, 2025

Emory computer scientist Shengpu Tang is developing artificial intelligence tools to identify, validate and transmit key data needed to better support health care workers in decision-making processes.

Listening for cancer: How an Emory researcher uses an AI tool to diagnose throat cancers via the human voice Jun. 16, 2025

Assistant professor of otolaryngology Anthony Law has developed an artificial intelligence model that can help primary care doctors diagnose throat cancers as accurately as a specialist by analyzing the sound of a patient's voice.

A repurposed FDA-approved drug shows promise in killing antibiotic resistant bacteria Jun. 10, 2025

A new study from Emory University researchers looks at a novel strategy for repurposing FDA approved drugs to address the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections.

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.

130+ 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.

2,400+ 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.