The Department of Medicine FAME (Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory DOM) grant program is designed to provide support for clinical faculty to dedicate up to 20 percent of their professional time to scholarly activity including research, education, mentoring, and quality improvement projects.
Congratulations to the 2020 selected recipients! Application information for the 2021 FAME grant will be available soon.
2020 FAME Grant Recipients
Athan Tiliakos, DO
Assistant Professor, Rheumatology
Received funding by the DOM for the project entitled, “B-cell Abnormalities and the Influence of B-cell Depleting Therapies in the Anti-Neutrophil-Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitides: A Pilot Project”
Merin Kuruvilla, MD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Received funding by the Health Services Research (HSR) Center for the project entitled, “A Streamlined Approach to Iodinated Contrast Allergy Labels for Use in Interventional Pain Procedures”
Pooja Amarapurkar, MD
Assistant Professor, Rheumatology
Received funding by the Division of Renal Medicine for the project entitled, “Improving Access to Nephrology Care Using Epic-Based E-Consult Service at the Grady Health System”
Emily Cartwright, MD
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Received funding by the Division of Infectious Diseases for the project entitled, “Improving the Hepatitis C Care Cascade within the Emory Healthcare Network”
2020 FAME Grant Writing Workshop
"Writing a compelling problem statement" Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor, Director, Health Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine
"Developing the background and significance" Neal Dickert, MD, PhD, FACC - Associate Professor, Cardiology - followed by an hour long coaching session
"Evaluation methods" Camille Vaughan, MD, MS - Associate Professor, Gen Med & Geriatrics, Associate Vice Chair, Research and Faculty Development, Emory University School of Medicine - followed by an hour long coaching session