FIRsT (Fellows Introduction to Research Training) 2021 Curriculum

FIRsT Course Co-Directors:

• Thomas G. Fox, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Student & Resident Director Education, Emory University School of Medicine
• Stacy S. Heilman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Associate Vice Chair for Research, Emory University Dept of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

   

FIRsT Faculty & Staff:

• Waitman Aumann, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University
• Shasha Bai, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Pediatric Biostatistics Core Department of Pediatrics, Emory University
• Rajit Basu, MD, MC, FCCM, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine, Research Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Beau B. Bruce, MD, PhD, Medical Officer / Analytics Lead, Enteric Disease Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Epidemiology, SOM
• Meredith Capasse, CIP, Manager, IRB, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, MD, Associate Professor, Medical Director of Immune Dysregulation/ Immunohematology and Immune Defect Transplant Programs Hematologist/Oncologist, Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University
• Thomas G. Fox, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Student & Resident Director Education, Emory University School of Medicine
• Scott Gillespie, MS, Associate Director, Pediatrics Biostatistics Core, Emory University Dept of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Holly Gooding, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Adolescent & Internal Medicine,
  Emory University School of Medicine
• Jocelyn Grunwell, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Emory University
• Stacy Heilman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Director for Pediatric Research Operations, Grants Education & Cores, Emory University Dept of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Lucky Jain, MD, MBA, George W. Brumley Jr. Professor and Chair Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Chief Academic Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Rohali Keesari, MPH, Pharm D, Biostatistician Department of Pediatrics, Emory University
• Satoshi Kamidani, MD, Assistant Professor Division of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
• W. Matthew Linam, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
• John “Pete” Lollar, III, MD, Professor, Hemophilia of Georgia, Inc., Research Chair in Hemostasis Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Emory University
• Brittany L. Murray, MD, MPhil, Associate Professor, Director, Global Health Office of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University
• Matt Oster, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
• Evan Orenstein, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
• Ravi Patel, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
• Thomas Quinn, MBA, PMP, Director, Information Technology, Emory University
• Chris Rees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Emory University
• Christina Roberts, MPH, CCRP, Manager, Research Projects
• Tal Senior, RN BSN, Manager, Advanced Analytics & Reporting, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Jennifer Spicer, MD, Assistant Professor Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine Emory University
• Parminder Suchdev, MD, MPH, Professor, Associate Director, Emory Global Health Institute Department of Pediatrics, Hubert Department of Global Health Emory University