People with systemic lupus erythematosus can experience several symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, and kidney problems. Often, these symptoms come in attacks called “flares.” In patients with lupus, the immune system becomes confused…
Dr. Bashar Staitieh, who works in Dr. David Guidot’s laboratory on the Emory Clifton campus and sees patients at Grady, opened a special clinic for HIV-positive patients with pulmonary symptoms and/or diseases in late 2014….
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a leading cause of chronic liver failure in the United States, and its incidence is expected to increase in the near future. A significant portion of the U.S. population—many…
Emory is proud to launch a new clinical trials website, which includes easy-to-access information on nearly 1,000 clinical trials that are seeking volunteers. At clinicaltrials.emory.edu, potential participants can easily search for trials related to specific health conditions;…
Emory Division of Renal Medicine (Nephrology) Director Jeff Sands, MD investigates mechanisms for concentrating urine in the inner medulla of the kidney. Current Emory research projects focus on defining the molecular physiology of urea transporters,…
The goal of the Principles and Practice of Molecular Biology in Medicine course is to acquaint postdoctoral research fellows with most common molecular biology techniques that are available for biomedical research and to bring all…
When we talk about quality improvement and population health, it’s worth remembering that sometimes simple changes can bring big results. Case in point: when Dr. Anna Mirk and her team at the Atlanta VA Medical…
Greg Martin, MD, MSc (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) was appointed to an international advisory committee to provide guidance and input for a new critical care clinical trials network, PETAL (prevention and early…
Introduced in 2012, the Emory 1% identifies the faculty principal investigators (from any school) whose grant applications have been ranked by the NIH in the top 1%: Emory University School Medicine: Kathy Griendling (Department of Medicine, Division of…
New research on how excess parathyroid hormone affects immune cells suggests that doctors could repurpose existing drugs to treat hyperparathyroidism without surgery. Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids Division Director, Roberto Pacifici, MD, teamed up with doctors from…