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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
Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry2013 Professor Helen Mayberg, Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair of Psychiatric Neuroimaging and Therapeutics at Emory's School of Medicine, receives the Baylor College of Medicine-based award for contributions in research, education and service for people with mental illness
American Academy of Arts and Sciences2013 U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing, is named a member of one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies
American Association for Cancer Research2013 Fadlo R. Khuri, Winship Cancer Institute deputy director and Roberto C. Goizueta Chair in translational research at Emory's School of Medicine, receives the Rosenthal Award that recognizes the nation's most outstanding young cancer researcher
American College of Cardiology2013 Cardiothoracic surgeon Vinod Thourani receives the W. Proctor Harvey, MD, Young Teacher Award, which recognizes dedication and skill in teaching
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.2013 Associate professor Steffen Lösel and Aquinas Professor of Historical Theology Phillip Reynolds are named Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for 2013-2014
Consortium of Universities for Global Health2013 Assistant professor Mohammed K. Ali is awarded the Velji Award for Teaching Excellence in Global Health
Herschbach Prize in theory2013 Joel Bowman, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, is recognized among prominent scientists making seminal contributions to the field
Honorary Degree, Duke University2013 Immunologist Max Cooper, School of Medicine professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, is recognized by Duke University, which cites his collaboration with its researchers
Honorary Degree, University of Lund, Sweden2013 Martha A. Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, is recognized for exemplary work in the study of feminist and family law
Library of Congress2013-2014Natasha Trethewey, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing, serves as the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate; the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, first named to the role in 2012, is appointed to a second year-long term
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation2013 Law professor Polly Price is selected for the Scholar-in-Residence program in public health law to study the rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis along the southern U.S. border
National Academy of Inventors2013 James W. Wagner, president of Emory University, and Raymond I. Schinazi, Frances Winship Walters Professor of Pediatrics at Emory and director of the Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, are named Charter Fellows
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality2013 Leon L. Haley Jr., deputy chief of staff and deputy senior vice president of medical affairs for Grady Health System and associate professor of emergency medicine at Emory, is appointed to Department of Health and Human Services agency panel
National League for Nursing2013Judith L. Wold, Distinguished Professor for Educational Leadership at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, is named an Academy of Nursing Education Fellow for her innovative teaching strategies
Newsweek2013 Law professor Michael J. Broyde, a senior fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, is named one of America's top 50 rabbis
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation2013 Professor Helen Mayberg, Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair of Psychiatric Neuroimaging and Therapeutics at Emory's School of Medicine, receives the 25th Annual Award in Neuropsychiatry Research, along with colleagues at Stanford University
American Academy of Nursing2012 Rebecca Gary, associate professor of nursing, and Susan Shapiro, assistant dean for strategic clinical initiatives, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, are inducted as AAN Fellows
American Anthropological Association and the Society for Medical Anthropology 2012Anthropology professor Peter Brown receives American Anthropological Association (AAA)/Oxford University Press Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Anthropology and the Society for Medical Anthropology Graduate Student Mentoring Award
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation2012Nanette K. Wenger, professor of medicine in School of Medicine's division of cardiology, is named an MAACVPR Master
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2012Larry Young, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders division chief at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Center for Translational Social Neuroscience director, receives Daniel H. Efron Research Award
American Psychological Association2012Nadine J. Kaslow, professor and vice-chair in the School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and chief psychologist for the Grady Health System, is elected to serve as APA's president-elect in 2013 and president in 2014; Kaslow also receives the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for mentoring
Association for Psychological Science2012Elaine Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Scott Lilienfeld, Professor of Psychology, receive the 2013 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for lifetime achievement
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2012Judith L. Wold, clinical professor for the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, is named Georgia Professor of the Year
Georgia Research Alliance2012 Gary W. Miller, associate dean for research and professor of environmental health at the Rollins School of Public Health, is named Distinguished Investigator
Hononary Degree, University of Notre Dame2012Emory President James W. Wagner, an engineer by training, receives honorary Doctor of Engineering degree
International Chemical Biology Society2012 Haian Fu, professor of pharmacology, serves as President of International Chemical Biology Society
Library of Congress2012John Witte Jr., Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Distinguished Professor and director of Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion, is appointed to the Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the John W. Kluge Center
National Academy of Sciences2012Bruce Levin, Samuel C. Dobbs Professor of Biology, is elected to membership
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) 2012Oxford College associate professor of biology Nitya Jacob is named one of 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows by PULSE, a joint initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health
Sloan Foundation Fellowship2012Eugene Agichtein, assistant professor in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and director of the Emory Intelligent Information Access Lab
Society of Interventional Radiology 2012School of Medicine Professor Louis Martin is recognized with the 2012 Society for Interventional Radiology's Gold Medal, the organization's highest honor
Society of Nuclear Medicine Committee on Awards 2012Mark Goodman, Endowed Chair in Imaging Science at School of Medicine's Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, is awarded the Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science applied to Nuclear Medicine
The White House2012 President Barack Obama recognizes William Foege, professor emeritus in the Rollins School of Public Health, with Presidential Medal of Freedom

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