Research

Research

Emory is one of the nation's leading research universities. A few figures from fiscal year 2008 help show why:

  • $411.2 million in total research funding awards, more than any other university in Georgia and a 7 percent increase over the previous year
  • $387.5 million in health sciences research funding awards
  • $300.2 million in federal research funding awards, with more than 80 percent from the National Institutes of Health

Students, faculty and staff are pursuing research with imagination, diligence and energy:

  • in Emory's nine schools and across dozens of departments
  • at research centers and institutes based on campus
  • through interdisciplinary programs, partnerships and affiliations

This enterprising network is supported by administrative offices that manage related issues such as safety, compliance, technology, and grants and finance.

Research Spotlight

Butler

Fighting heart failure

Sound Science multimedia

The number of people living with heart failure is increasing, and Javed Butler, director of heart failure research at Emory Healthcare and associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, is looking for new methods of treatment and prevention. "Heart failure is not a disease but a syndrome, so there's a whole family of different diseases that can precede this condition," Butler says.

Sound Science: Butler on heart failure audio slideshow

Research: Schools and centers

Research policy

Emory's School of Medicine recently issued an updated comprehensive policy on industry relations, expanding advice to faculty, staff, students and trainees on guidelines for preventing conflicts of interest. "We have a social obligation to carry out our missions in clinical care, education and research with the highest standards of ethics and professionalism," says Dean Thomas J. Lawley.

MORE INFO: MEDICAL SCHOOL'S RESEARCH POLICY

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: RESEARCH ETHICS