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 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

Emory researcher focused on pain measurement receives NIH New Innovator Award Aug. 30, 2024

Emory researcher Daniel Harper, PhD, has received a $2.3 million, three-year grant to test a novel method of measuring pain in patients with fibromyalgia,

Investigating Genetic Mutations with Emory researcher Devesh Pant Aug. 27, 2024

Emory researcher Devesh Pant studies the underlying molecular mechanisms of gene mutations linked to ALS.

Emory remembers Wright Caughman, longtime health sciences leader Aug. 23, 2024

Wright Caughman, an admired and beloved leader, served Emory as executive vice president for health affairs, CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and chair of the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors, among other roles.

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.