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By the Numbers

696

Approved Grady Research Oversight Committee protocols

200+

Clinical faculty with research funding

23

Departments engaged in research

Past

2023 Research Priorities

○ Elevated Emory at Grady research in partnership with stakeholders, including Grady Memorial Hospital, Morehouse School of Medicine, community and others
○ Facilitated improvements in current processes to reduce the burden on investigators
○ Provided additional resources to Emory at Grady investigators including expanded research infrastructure, additional pilot funding for new faculty recruits and enhanced collaboration across departments

Present

2024 Research Priorities

○ Improved mechanisms to capture and report on Emory at Grady research efforts
○ Enhanced processes and organization to support study start-up activities
○ Establish and empower research coordinator community
○ Explore ways to improve access to patient-level data and investigational drug services

Future

Upcoming Research Priorities

○ Implement a portal system for research approvals and tracking
○ Enhance research administration infrastructure at Grady
○ Support new research faculty recruitment

Research Highlights

Advancing Equitable Cardiovascular Care for Patients With Heart Failure Through Innovation and Multidisciplinary Team-Based Care

Emory affiliation: Modele Ogunniyi (medicine)

 

Opt-Out Syphilis Screening at an Urgent Care Center in Atlanta: Evaluation of a Pilot Program

Emory affiliation: Dylan Baker (medicine), Matthew Wheatley (emergency medicine), Meredith Lora (medicine), Valeria Cantos (medicine)

 

Georgia is Installing More Health Care Clinics on School Grounds. How Has That Worked So Far?

Emory affiliation: Veda Johnson (pediatrics)

 

Fen-Phen Again? Why Ozempic and New Weight-Loss Drugs Are Different

Emory affiliation: Guillermo Umpierrez (medicine)

 

Long COVID: "Will We Get Better?"

Emory affiliation: Igho Ofotokun (medicine) and Tiffany Walker (medicine)

 

Trial of Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Emory affiliation: Gustavo Pradilla (neurosurgery)

Research Leadership

Colleen Kelley Associate Dean for Research, Emory at Grady

Naquia Mitchell Associate Director for Research Programs and Operations

Naquia Mitchell headshot