On October 9, at the Infectious Diseases Society of America‘s IDWeek2015 in San Diego, Carlos del Rio, MD (Division of Infectious Diseases) was named chair of the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, FACP (Division of…
Varun Kishor Phadke, MD is a third-year infectious diseases fellow in the Emory T32 Vaccinology Training Program (VTP). Dr. Phadke works in the areas of vaccine clinical trials and maternal immunization, with a focus on pertussis. Pertussis…
The Paul B. Beeson, MD Faculty Recognition Award was established in honor of Dr. Paul Beeson’s outstanding contributions to the developing field of infectious diseases and as chair of the Emory University Department of Medicine from 1946 to 1952. Each year,…
The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), which serves 1,600 HIV-positive patients, has the largest HIV patient population of any VAMC in the country. The median age of these patients is 52. …”[W]e have this…
Until about five years ago, much of HIV/AIDS research focused solely on treatment. Now, patients have access to a combination of easily tolerated, convenient medications that promise to keep viral loads suppressed for decades. In…
Please join the Emory University Department of Medicine in congratulating our newly promoted faculty (effective September 1). We appreciate your dedication and service. Mikhael El-Chami, MD: Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Shelly-Ann Fluker, MD: Associate…
The first quarterly Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center seminar and poster session, Antibiotic Resistance: National Priorities for Urgent Action, was held August 19 in the Emory Health Sciences Research Building. The keynote speech was given by Arjun…
Sunday, August 2 marks the one-year anniversary of the arrival of Dr. Kent Brantly–the first Ebola virus disease (EVD) patient to be treated in the United States–at Emory University Hospital. Emory’s decision to treat the…
Congratulations to Neela D. Goswami, MD, MPH and Ruth M. Parker, MD, who were selected for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Communications and Dissemination of Research earlier this year. Dr….
Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases faculty member Paula Frew, PhD, MPH, MA was recently awarded the Society for Prevention Research John B. Reid Early Career Award. This award is presented to individuals who…