We help our faculty enjoy career success by developing relational and technical skills needed in teaching, clinical practice, and research. We offer courses, conferences, and programs that help you grow through networking, research support, building teaching skills, career advising, and other forms of continuing education.

To provide the highest level of care, we need a team as diverse as our patient population. We're pursuing meaningful diversity through recruiting and retaining people from different backgrounds, cultivating an inclusive workplace climate, and offering engagement and development programs that positively impact the whole community.

Our clinical experience is one of the most exciting parts of working at Emory. We see rare and complex cases, from children through veterans and underserved populations. We quickly transfer research knowledge to patients in our translational clinics. And we actively support collaboration.

Jeremy Ackerman is an associate professor of emergency medicine, who works three or four shifts a week in the Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Care Center in downtown Atlanta. He’s also a tactical physician, a sworn police officer who deploys with a SWAT team and has received a medal of honor for taking part in an operation.

Policies and Guidance

Information covering leave and benefits; appointments, promotions, and tenure; conflicts of interest and industry relations; faculty affairs; and research.

2021-2022 Annual Report

The Office of Faculty Academic Affairs and Professional Development supports and celebrates faculty at all stages of their academic career. Review our 2021-2022 impact report here. 

Each fall, faculty members are recognized for their accomplishments and excellence in patient care, research, and education. The week is capped off with the Celebration of Faculty Excellence ceremony and reception.

Faculty Snapshot

3,295

clinical faculty

198

basic science faculty

48%

female

14%

under-represented minority

Supporting Our People

Medicine is a demanding field, where over half of physicians experience symptoms of burnout. We're making moves to change that, with a range of support services like counseling, educational workshops, and community safety protocols to help our faculty heal themselves as well as patients.

News

Through a generous gift from alumnus Sidney Yarbrough III and his wife, Rebecca, Emory acquired the sculpture “Resting Figure,” which pays tribute to the heroism of health care and university staff during the pandemic’s long course.

As an academic research institution, Emory’s faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards and the work they will support, plus highlights from some published research findings.

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center’s Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice recently held an open house to highlight exemplary Emory interprofessional educational programs and introduce two new programs for the 2023–24 academic year.