Research

Today's challenges in health and patient care require a community of creative partners willing to rethink the way the world looks at medicine.

Research Innovation

Conducting Research

We support our researchers with resources to help them conduct studies, communicate the significance of their findings, and speed the application of discoveries.

Core Facilities

Our core facilities provide access to technologies, equipment, and support services to help researchers manage and interpret data, as well as a network of resources at partnering institutions.

Research Centers

Our centers operate some of the most respected programs in the world for translational, clinical, and scientific research, with specialty areas in medicine's fastest-growing fields.

Training

Our research training programs are preparing investigators for the next life-saving discovery.

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For Emory researcher and infectious diseases physician Zanthia Wiley, the fight against COVID-19 health disparities is deeply personal.

The Latest in Emory Research

Hotwiring the heart Jun. 7, 2023

How Emory’s Structural Heart team used a new electricity-based technique to help a patient who thought she was out of options

Woodruff Health Sciences Center Community Benefits Report: Improving lives and providing hope Jun. 7, 2023

Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center provided $813 million in community benefits in fiscal year 2022. From top-flight medical care to transformational research and education, the WHSC improved lives and provided hope.

Study finds that women and underrepresented groups experience higher rates of workplace mistreatment in academic medicine Jun. 6, 2023

A new study led by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University researcher Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that women and underrepresented groups experience higher rates of workplace mistreatment in academic medicine.

Research by the Numbers

$443.7 million in 2019 sponsored research funding awards

We're best known for our work in infectious disease, brain health, cancer, transplantation, orthopedics, pediatrics, renal disease, ophthalmology, and geriatrics.

16th in NIH funding nationally

Our investigators consistently compete with the top research institutes in the nation for National Institutes of Health awards.

119 start-ups from Emory technologies

Discoveries made by our researchers attract funding, generate new products that improve lives, and create jobs that support the economy.

1,200+ current clinical trials

We're constantly pioneering new lifesaving medicines, medical devices, and treatment protocols, with more clinical trials than any other institution in Georgia.