Research Extras

Emory's Healthcare Innovation Program provides information, resources, and community connections to support innovation in health services research. Key topics available on a new website include quality, cost and access to health services. The program is guided by leaders from Emory, Georgia Tech, and the ACTSI, and is directed by Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD.

iResearchGeorgia is a searchable database of biomedical expertise at Georgia's public and private research universities. The initiative was developed by the Georgia Research Alliance in partnership with the University of Georgia, the Governor's Commission for a New Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Attend the Future Makers lecture Tuesday, April 26 at 5:00 p.m. with William Stead, MD, associate vice chancellor for health affairs and chief information architect at Vanderbilt University.

Sound Science: When T-Cells Run Amok in Diabetes
It's T cells' job to protect the body from illness. But in the case of Type 1 diabetes, renegade T cells destroy beta cells, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Although Type 1 diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes, the disease is diagnosed in both children and young adults. Learn more about the effects of this autoimmune diease from pediatrician Mark Rigby, MD, PhD, in the latest Sound Science. Listen and read. . .