Tom Lawley is stepping down this fall after a 16-year run as dean of the medical school. Along the way he crafted a national presence for a once regional school. His legacy includes a five-fold rise in research funding; a new curriculum; a doubling of faculty size; six new departments; more than 1 million square feet of new clinical, teaching, and research space; and an uncommon spirit of collegiality. At Emory, chairs actually like each other. Read more >
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In Brief:
Some anticancer drugs can block Ebola virus replication
New class of potential drugs inhibits inflammation in brain
Making “death receptor” anticancer drugs live up to their name
Emory residents now can train in Ethiopia
New compound halts tumor spread in animal studies
Drug found to induce cooling decreases brain damage from stroke
Keeping the care team on the same page
Emory resident gets behind-the-scenes media exposure
Features:
Moving the HIV vaccine forward
Classnotes:
Class news and in memory
Emory Medicine is published by the School of Medicine, a component of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University.