Emory Department of Radiation Oncology ranked second nationally for total research funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health during the 2018-2019 academic year.
October 30, 2019
According to a recent analysis of NIH rankings, the Emory Department of Radiation Oncology ranked second nationally for total research funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the 2018-2019 academic year. Faculty in the department received over $7.4 million in NIH grant funding for research projects, fellowships, career development, and training programs.
During the prior year, the department ranked fifth for research funding, accumulating over $6 million dollars in grants awarded from the NIH. The ranking compares all radiation oncology departments across American medical schools.
"It is the collective effort of the department and our faculty’s dedication to extraordinary research that has allowed us to reach this milestone," says Walter J. Curran Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and executive director of Winship Cancer Institute, "This achievement is possible only through tremendous support from both Winship Cancer Institute and the Emory School of Medicine and from the entire Atlanta community."
Department faculty serving as principal investigators for research currently supported by NIH grants include Walter J. Curran Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, David S. Yu, MD, PhD, Xingming Deng, MD, PhD, Xiaofeng Yang, PhD, DABR, Hyunsuk Shim, PhD, Aparna H. Kesarwala, MD, PhD, Ashesh B. Jani, MD, MSEE, FASTRO, Waaqo Daddacha, PhD, Jennifer M. Spangle, PhD, and graduate students Allyson Koyen, Elizabeth Minten, and Suamya Gurbani.
The official NIH rankings, which combine radiation oncology and radiology departments, show Emory as ranking 18th nationally in total research funding awarded by the NIH.