The National Academy of Medicine has elected Denise Jamieson and Susan Margulies to its 2020 class. Jamieson is the James Robert McCord Professor and Chair in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at SOM and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare. Margulies is the Wallace H. Coulter Professor and Chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech, a shared department between the two schools. She is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics.

The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) has named two Emory faculty members as GRA-supported investigators. HIV and cancer immunologist Rafick-Pierre Sekaly will be a GRA Eminent Scholar. Lung disease researcher Louise Hecker is being named a GRA Distinguished Investigator. Established in 1990, the Georgia Research Alliance is a public-private partnership that supports the recruitment of top scientists to Georgia universities. Currently 13 GRA Eminent Scholars and 3 Distinguished Investigators are at Emory.

Walter J. (Wally) Curran Jr. has resigned as Winship Executive Director. Curran, who became executive director of Winship Cancer Institute in 2009, announced that he has accepted a leadership position with GenesisCare, a privately-owned company that manages treatment and care for people with cancer and heart disease. His departure from Winship is scheduled for late January 2021. Because of the transformational work done by Curran, his leadership team, and many others over the course of the last 10 years, Winship is Georgia’s only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center and is positioned as a global leader in cancer research and clinical care. Under Curran’s leadership, we opened Georgia’s first proton therapy center, and are building the 21st century cancer center—Winship at Emory Midtown.

WHSC has named award recipients for the latest cycle of Synergy Awards, and all 10 selected projects share a common theme: Advancing research on the new coronavirus. The awards support joint projects among faculty at Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Winship Cancer Institute, and all other units within WHSC. Proposals re required to include faculty members with primary appointments in at least two schools as co-principal investigators. The awards are intended to support new, highly innovative projects that are not yet funded or published. To see the winners, click here and scroll down to Round 8: Advancing research on the new coronavirus.

The Georgia Department of Public Health has designated Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital as a Level I Emergency Cardiac Care Center, Georgia’s highest level of emergency cardiac care. The hospital is the first in the metro area to receive the designation from the Georgia DPH, as well as only the fourth in the state.

AAALAC International has conferred continued full accreditation to Emory University's Division of Animal Resources (DAR) and Yerkes National Primate Research Center until 2023. Both units have maintained AAALAC Int. full accreditation, the gold standard for animal care programs, for more than 25 years: Yerkes since 1984, and DAR since 1992.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has come out with its 2020 list of young leaders in Atlanta. This year’s 40 Under Forty honorees include Ryan Haumschild, director of Pharmacy for Emory Healthcare, and Jacquelyn O'Banion, director Global Ophthalmology for the Emory Eye Center.

Modern Healthcare has selected Hannah Henry, Emory Johns Creek Hospital vice president of operations as an honoree in its Top 25 Emerging Leaders list. The publication chose the recipients based on actions they’ve taken during the COVID-19 pandemic to help their organization achieve or exceed financial, operational and clinical goals.

The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is expanding its footprint and renovating 70,000 square feet in Decatur, Ga. to become the Emory Nursing Learning Center. The $20.6M expansion will include a state-of-the-art simulation and skills lab, which will provide experiential and immersive learning for students, and the Emory Nursing Experience, a program for continuing professional education in partnership with Emory Healthcare Nursing.

Emory Johns Creek Hospital has opened its second interventional radiology suite. In addition to the new interventional radiology suite, the department also began utilizing the uMI 550. The advanced positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) technology improves visualization of smaller lesions, leading to improved diagnosis and treatment.