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General Internal Medicine Research

The Division of General Internal Medicine is heavily involved in patient-centered and disease-specific medical research. Our junior and senior faculty thrive in the collaborative and innovative intellectual community at Emory. Our research reaches beyond departmental, school, and university boundaries, and involves all levels of faculty and learners. Funding opportunities and mentoring relationships are strong and interdepartmental.

Research Areas

  • Medical education – such as office procedures, EKG, disparities/social determinants, faculty development, MI 
  • Patient-centered/disease-specific – such as Hepatitis C, HIV, HTN, obesity, CHF, AS, lipids, depression, ACLS, prevention and wellness
  • Health services – such as readmissions, high utilizers, population health, disparities, access to care, adherence, quality, innovative models for ambulatory medicine

Specific Research Areas

  • Social determinants of health/health equity
  • Hotspotting/High Utilizers/Transitions of care
  • COVID-19
  • Hepatitis C screening and treatment in primary care
  • PrEP and HIV/AIDS 
  • Diabetes
  • Professional identity/Racial & Gender Bias
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Community-acquired pneumonia
  • Women’s health
  • Lipids
  • Wellness/Food as Medicine
  • Transgender/LGBTQ Medicine
  • Hypertriglyceridemia
  • Anticoagulation
  • Health literacy
  • Medical education
  • Humanism in medical education
  • Medical ethics, health policy, and advocacy
  • Opioids/Chronic Pain Management
  • Trauma-Informed Care 


Research Accomplishments

  • Grants and awards totaling over $5 million in research funds since 2010, including major awards from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), National Institutes for Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control.
  • Faculty heavily engaged in leadership of primary specialty services within the Grady Memorial Hospital Primary Care Center, including Liver and Hepatitis C, International Medical Center, Procedure/Injection, Women’s Health, Congestive Heart Failure, Mental and Behavioral Health, and Lipids.
  • General Internal Medicine also closely partners with Emory’s Urban Health Initiative. This partnership builds on relationships between Emory and the community, supporting community-focused research that addresses health disparities and identifies solutions to positively affect change to improve urban health.