In recognition of Researcher Appreciation Day, the Recognitions Committee at Emory School of Medicine sent out a call for nominations for researchers across the school who are making a difference in their field. Emory researchers were nominated by their peers and colleagues for their groundbreaking research, development of new technologies, and continued pursuit of novel and innovative ideas.
Read more about the amazing research happening at Emory below and join us in congratulating these faculty and view the Department of Medicine researchers below who were honored.
Jessica Fairley
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Hansen’s Disease
Dr. Fairley’s research involves a multidisciplinary approach to improve our understanding of Hansen’s disease, a long-neglected tropical disease. Her work was the first to show an association between schistosomiasis and leprosy, and she has also demonstrated the impact of undernutrition and hygiene on Hansen’s disease and M. leprae transmission.
Stephanie Garrett
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Dementia in Minority Populations
Dr. Garrett’s research is innovative in trying to identify dementia earlier in minority populations as they are a community that is greatly underdiagnosed when it comes to dementia.
Madeleine Hackney
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Parkinson’s Disease, Cognitive Impairment, Exercise, Dance and Creative Interventions, Aging
Dr. Hackney is an active and successful independent researcher, with an international reputation for innovative movement science. She has 3 major research aims: understanding mobility and cognition in aging and neurodegenerative disease under different contexts, including partnered human-human interactions; developing creative physical or educational interventions to address motor and cognitive impairments; and dissemination and implementation efforts. She directs projects that work toward improving quality of life and outcomes for older patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
Bernard Lassègue
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Vascular Biology
Dr. Lassègue is involved in several projects concerning the understudied protein Poldip2, which has a role in stroke, aneurysm formation and diseases linked to endothelial permeability. He created a novel animal model to investigate the physiology and pathophysiology of this fascinating protein. His work is critical to that of numerous researchers here at Emory – we couldn’t do it without him.
Molly Perkins
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Special Aging Populations and Long-Term Care
Dr. Perkins’s research focuses on vulnerable special aging populations, including low-income and racial/ethnic minority older adults living in residential care communities and those aging with HIV in the community. She continues to partner with the Atlanta community to improve the quality of care and quality of life of these groups.
Laura Plantinga
Department of Medicine
Research Focus: Promoting Patient-Centered Care
Dr. Plantinga’s research seeks to develop tools to assist persons living with chronic conditions, such as chronic kidney disease or lupus, and their providers communicate about functional impairment and goals of care. In the last year, she has received a NIA R01, DoD award, and NIDDK R18 to support her research program.
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