February 2013

Peter Ash

 

Peter Ash (psychiatry) was named Psychiatrist of the Year by the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association.

Otis Brawley

 

Otis Brawley (Winship) was named one of AARP's 50 most influential people in its Dec./Jan. magazine issue. He was noted as a "warrior against bad eating habits, unnecessary tests, and disparities in access to quality cancer care." He also serves as chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

Max Cooper

 

Max Cooper (pathology) will receive an honorary degree from Duke University in May.

Anita Corbett

 

Anita Corbett (biochemistry) received the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

Sandra Dunbar

 

Sandra Dunbar (nursing) will be inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International's Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in July. She is the first researcher from Emory to receive this honor.

Haian Fu

 

Haian Fu (pharmacology) was elected president of the International Chemical Biology Society. He studies the signals that travel between and within cancer cells.

Kareem Graham

 

Kareem Graham (physiology) was named one of two winners of the 2012 Woodruff Scholar Early Independence Award. Graham studies mechanisms and novel targets for therapy for inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, including multiple sclerosis. Created to facilitate faculty recruitment or retention, this award, now in its second year, was envisioned by the Max Axx team in the class of 2010 in the Woodruff Leadership Academy.

Leon Haley

 

Leon Haley (emergency medicine, Grady) was appointed to the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, which provides advice and recommendations to the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hanjoong Jo

 

Hanjoong Jo (biomedical engineering) was named John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on vascular biology, in particular cardiovascular pathology.

Keith Klugman

 

Keith Klugman (global health) received the 2013 Albert Levy Scientific Research Award for Senior Faculty in recognition of his work on a rapid test for pneumococcal pneumonia.

Thomas Lawley

 

Thomas Lawley (dermatology) was recognized by the Georgia House of Representatives on his retirement as dean of the medical school and his many years of service to Emory and the medical school. Read the House's resolution.

Louis Martin

 

Louis Martin (radiology) was awarded the 2012 Society for Interventional Radiology's Gold Medal, the organization's highest honor.

Michael McConnell

 

Michael McConnell (pediatrics) was elected to the Board of the Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth, the leading state agency focusing on increasing access to health care through telemedicine.

Carolyn Meltzer

 

Carolyn Meltzer (William P. Timmie Professor and chair of radiology) was elected to the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology, a think tank made up of 67 international leaders in radiology who work on issues related to radiology and imaging science.

Faye Routledge

 

Faye Routledge (nursing) was named one of two winners of the 2012 Woodruff Scholar Early Independence Award. Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease—identifying factors associated with elevated night-time blood pressure and differences in endothelial function and cardiovascular health between men and women. Created to facilitate faculty recruitment or retention, this award, now in its second year, was envisioned by the Max Axx team in the class of 2010 in the Woodruff Leadership Academy.

Tami Thomas

 

Tami Thomas (nursing) was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is only the fourth Emory nursing faculty member to receive this distinction.

Guillermo Umpierrez

 

Guillermo Umpierrez (medicine) received the 2013 Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award from the American Diabetes Association.

Thomas Wichmann

 

Thomas Wichmann (neurology, with a joint appointment at Yerkes) was named A. Worley Brown Chair in Neurology. His research at Yerkes focuses on the causes and consequences of abnormal neuronal activity in the basal ganglia through non-human primate models of Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders.