The training core selects applicants and provides the training benchmarks expected of each scholar. The training core evaluates each scholar, his/her mentor(s) and the overall program annually. Our goal is to continuously improve and grow the program to best meet our trainees' needs. The Training Core works closely with the Professional Development Core to provide the coursework and counseling required to ensure each scholar’s success.
ATLANTIS Training Core Associate Director, TL1 PI Professor of Medicine, Renal Division Emory University
ATLANTIS Administrative Core
The ATLANTIS Network Core provides trainees with a welcoming and nurturing scientific community, bringing together established, emerging, and future KUH health researchers from Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine, and throughout the Atlanta metro region. Included in the Network Core offerings and activities are 1) a peer network for trainees to interact, exchange ideas, and troubleshoot scientific and professional issues; 2) promotion of inter-disciplinary collaborations and team science through existing and new programming; and 3) outreach programs to increase early exposure to biomedical careers in KUH disciplines to high school and undergraduate students and promote KUH-related research opportunities to trainees in undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and residency programs. ATLANTIS trainees have the opportunity to serve as official ambassadors to promote the merits and value of our networked learning communities to peers in other training programs.
ATLANTIS Administrative Core Director, U2C PI Professor of Medicine, Renal Division Emory University
Mikayla Zachos, MS
ATLANTIS Program and Research Manager Emory University
Marco Aguilar, BS
ATLANTIS Administrative Assistant Emory University
ATLANTIS Professional Development Core
To expand their preparedness for navigating the changing landscape of their KUH research careers, ATLANTIS trainees will complete formal training in written and oral communications, grant writing, and laboratory management. To lead KUH research teams of members from various training experiences, trainees will also receive executive and leadership training organized by the Emory Office of Postdoctoral Education and the Goizueta Business School. The Goizueta Business School provides elective classes for ATLANTIS trainees interested in commercializing their research findings through a start-up company. Many ATLANTIS mentors have collaborations with industry and/or have their own start-up companies, both of which can provide guidance and opportunities for trainees considering an industry and other research-related careers.
ATLANTIS Associate Director, Professional Development Core Marcus Professor of Cystic Fibrosis PACS Division, Department of Pediatrics Director of Emory's Children's Cystic Fibrosis Center of Excellence Emory University
ATLANTIS Network Core
The ATLANTIS Network Core seeks to create a vibrant and engaged KUH community as an overall strategy to enhance the training experience for emerging biomedical researchers in KUH-related disciplines. The Network Core strives to provide framework to help connect current and future KUH researchers across institutions, including those within Atlanta and across the other KUH U2C/TL1 Centers. The Network Core complements traditional face-to-face meetings and activities with interactions through digital platforms to further bring together our community of established, emerging, and future KUH health researchers.
ATLANTIS Network Core Director Associate Professor Vice Chair for Research Operations Emory Department of Pediatrics and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
