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Distinguished Professors

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Emory students have access to a remarkable asset: Emory faculty. Students learn from dedicated teachers who are also recognized for their distinctive research expertise.

Emory's faculty includes:

  • 23 members of the Institute of Medicine
  • 5 members of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 12 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 30 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and 2 Howard Hughes professors

Notable members of Emory's faculty include:

  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
  • His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
  • CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta
  • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff
  • Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Jeffrey Koplan
  • Booker Prize-winning novelist Sir Salman Rushdie
  • Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, 19th U.S. Poet Laureate

Recent Recognition

NameYearAchievement
American Association for Cancer Research 2013 A 20-member research team from Emory University, Johns Hopkins University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center receives the AACR Team Science Award for advancing knowledge of the fundamental genetic changes that characterize pancreatic cancer
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines 2013 Emory University is ranked sixth among the top U.S. and Canadian research universities for contributions to urgent global health research and access to treatment worldwide by the University Global Health Impact Report Card
BIO Ventures for Global Health  2012 Global Health Primer, funded through Gates Foundation grant, is awarded to the Emory Institute for Drug Development, recognizing recognizes Emory's expertise in drug development, its rich academic environment and its strong commitment to global health
Research funding awards FY2012 $520.3 million, including $483.4 million for health sciences
The Scientist 2012 Top 15 work environment for life science postdoctoral research professionals among national academic institutions
New England Journal of Medicine  2011 Emory is named in a study as the nation's fourth largest contributor to the discovery of new drugs and vaccines by public-sector research institutions

Highlights

NameAchievement
Cancer  Winship Cancer Institute is Georgia's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center
CardiologyCo-development of lifesaving procedures including angioplasty and drug-eluting stents, and newer technologies such as off-pump surgery
CentersAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, The Carter Center, Center for AIDS Research, Emory Vaccine Center, Winship Cancer Institute, and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, among many others
Emory and Georgia TechExtensive collaboration between Atlanta's two Association of American Universities member schools includes the No. 2-ranked Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory/Georgia Tech Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center, Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute and Emory/Georgia Tech EPA Clean Air Research Center
HIV treatmentMore than nine in 10 HIV patients in the United States who are on lifesaving therapy take Emtriva (emtricitabine) or 3TC (lamivudine), both drugs created at Emory
HIV vaccineOne of the leading vaccine candidates against HIV was developed at the Emory Vaccine Center and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Infectious diseasesOne of eight NIH-sponsored Vaccine Evaluation and Treatment Units conducting clinical trials nationally; One of six NIH-funded Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance
Neuroscience  Development of brain mapping to guide deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's and dystonia, and discovery of the gene responsible for fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability
PartnersAmerican Cancer Society, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Research Alliance, Task Force for Global Health, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among many others
Research excellenceFourteen Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholars, and about one in three of some 150 Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists, conduct their distinctive work at Emory.
Technology transfer1,100+ active technologies, 1,000+ pending patent applications, 300+ active licenses, 250+ unique partners, 60+ start-ups

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