Faculty Distinction


group of faculty members

Scientists in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center hold memberships with elite scientific and medical organizations, including:

Eric Weeks, PhD
Professor, Physics
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence
Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Vice Chair, Clinical Research Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program

Jacobus de Roode, PhD
Professor, Biology
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Director, Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training Program (IDASTP)
Co-Director, Emory's Molecules and Pathogens to Populations and Pandemics Initiative

Andrew H. Miller, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine 
Professor, Department of Hematology and Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute

Susan Margulies, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Emory University School of Medicine

Amita Manatunga, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Rollins School of Public Health

Tianquan "Tim" Lian, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chemical Physics
Professor, Chemistry
Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Peng Jin, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine

Joanna B. Goldberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep
Emory University School of Medicine 

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine

Ben Lopman, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health 

David S. Weiss, PhD
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Antibiotic Research Center 
Faculty, Emory Vaccine Center 

Kathryn Yount, PhD
Professor, Global Health 
Rollins School of Public Health
Professor, Sociology
Emory University College of Arts and Sciences

StephenT.Warren, PhD
Founder and Chair, Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine

Raymond Schinazi, PhD, DSc, FAASLD
Professor, Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Division of Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Co-Director, HIV Cure Scientific Working Group

Rafi Ahmed, PhD
Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

R. Wayne Alexander, MD
Professor, Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

Jocelyne Bachevalier, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Emory College
Faculty Scientist, Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Jeremy Boss, PhD
Professor and Chair, Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine

Joel Bowman, PhD
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Theoretical Chemistry
Emory University

Max Cooper, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Emory University School of Medicine

Huw Davies, PhD
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organic Chemistry
Emory University

Michael Davis, PhD
Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Scientist, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory University School of Medicine

Mahlon Delong, MD
Professor of Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine

Raymond Dingledine, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

Dale Edmondson, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry, Emeritus
Emory University School of Medicine

Haian Fu, PhD
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center

Randy Hall, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

Chris Hartzell, PhD
Professor, Cell Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

John Hepler, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

Craig Hill, PhD
Goodrich C. White Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Emory University

James Hughes, MD
Professor of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Eric Hunter, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine

Michael M.E. Johns, MD
Professor, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Emory University
Emeritus Executive VP for Health Affairs, Emory University
Emeritus President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare

Michael Kuhar, PhD
Candler Professor of Neuropharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine
Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Michelle Lampl, MD, PhD
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director, Emory-Georgia Tech Predictive Health Initiative

Steven L’Hernault, PhD
Professor, Biology, Emory University

Dennis Liotta, PhD
Professor, Organic Chemistry, Emory University

John Lucchesi, PhD
Professor, Biology, Emory University, Emeritus

David G. Lynn, PhD
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Chair, Dept of Chemistry

Pat Marsteller, PhD
Professor, Biology
Emory University

Sidney Perkowitz, PhD
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Emory University

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD
Director, Healthcare Innovation Program
Emory University

Dong Moon Shin, MD, FACP, FAAAS
Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine

Donald Stein, PhD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

David Stephens, MD
Vice President for Research
Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

Stephen Traynelis, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

Elaine Walker, PhD
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Emory College

Carol Worthman, PhD
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology
Emory University

Shozo Yokoyama, PhD
Professor, Biology, Emory University, Emeritus

Larry Young, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Researcher, Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Stuart Zola, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine

Rafi Ahmed, PhD
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Yerkes Primate Center scientist, and Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ruth Berkelman, MD
Professor, Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health

Otis Brawley, MD
Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
Professor of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute
Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health

Robert F. Breiman, MD
Director, Emory Global Health Institute

Deborah Bruner, RN, PhD
Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Associate Director of Faculty Mentorship, Training, and Education, Winship Cancer Institute
Professor, Radiation Oncology, Emory School of Medicine

Claire Broome, MD
Adjunct Professor, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Max Cooper, MD
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

James Curran, MD, MPH
Dean, Rollins School of Public Health

Linda Degutis, DrPh, MSN Adjunct Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health

Carlos del Rio, MD
Hubert Professor and Chair, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Mahlon DeLong, MD
Professor, Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine

Raymond J. Dingledine, PhD
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine

William Foege, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Sanjay Gupta, MDAssociate Professor of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital

Donald Hopkins, MD, MPH
Vice President, Health Programs, Carter Center
Professor, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

James Hughes, MD
Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Emory University School of Medicine
Professor, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH
James Robert McCord Professor and Chair in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Chief of Gynecology and Obstetrics for Emory Healthcare

Michael Johns, MD
Professor
Emeritus EVPHA, Emory University
Emeritus President, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare

Keith Klugman, MD, PhD
Director, Pneumonia Programs, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Emeritus William H. Foege Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa

Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH
Vice President for Global Health, Emory University

Christian P. Larsen, MD, DPhil
Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine

Allan Levey, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Neurology, Emory School of Medicine, and Director of Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Susan Margulies, PhD
Wallace H. Coulter Professor and Chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics

Reynaldo Martorell, PhD
Professor, Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Linda McCauley, PhD
Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University

K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD
Ruth and O.C. Hubert Professor, Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Director, Emory Global Diabetes Research Center

Godrey Oakley, MD
Research Professor, Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health

Walter Orenstein, MD
Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Mark Rosenberg, MD, MPP
Executive Director, Task Force for Global Health
Adjunct Professor, Global Health Rollins School of Public Health

Steve Warren, PhD
William P. Timmie Professor and Chair, Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine

Rafi Ahmed, PhD
Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance Scholar

Max Cooper, MD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance Scholar

Frans deWaal, PhD
Director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology, Emory University

Bruce Levin, PhD
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology
Emory University

Stephen Warren, PhD
William P. Timmie Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics,
Emory School of Medicine