Overview
Active Projects
Resources
Fellowships
Volunteer Opportunities
Contact Us
::::::::: Overview ::::
Welcome to the Emergency Medicine Research Center (EMRC). The EMRC is located on the first floor of the Steiner building on the Grady Memorial Hospital campus and is part of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. The mission of the EMRC is to promote and facilitate high quality research in the area of urgent and emergent conditions in order to improve health outcomes for patients. The Center provides a forum for Emergency Medicine faculty, staff, residents, and students to exchange ideas and develop novel approaches to clinical problems through high quality Emergency Medicine research. Our key values are scientific integrity, methodological rigor, creativity, and clinical relevance.
::::::::: Active Projects ::::
| ATLANTA project--compare educational intervention administered via a computer kiosk to general community clinic information for African-American women w/ EtOH or drug abuse, cig. smoking, or IPV |
Dr. Houry |
| Atrial Fibrillation and Quality of Life |
Dr. Diner |
| CPC Accreditation |
Dr. Ross |
| Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) |
Dr. McNally |
| Case Series of Glenide Exposures Reported to the Georgia Poison Center |
Dr. Sutter |
| Case series of Methotrexate Exposures Reported to the Poison Center |
Dr. Sutter |
| Clinical Integration of Bayesian Networks in the ED |
Dr. Lowery-North |
| Cocaine Stuffers |
Dr. Chang |
| Continued operation and improvement of the Care Management Unit |
Dr. Haley, Jr. |
| DETECT ED Study |
Dr. Wright |
| DETECT MCI Wesley Woods Study |
Dr. Wright |
| DETECT Sports GT Football |
Dr. Wright |
| DETECT Ultimate Fighting Concussion Study |
Dr. Wright |
| Fogarty: For Collaborative Training and Injury Research Training Program PAR-04-083 |
Dr. Wright |
| Group interventions for suicidal African-American women |
Dr. Kaslow |
| Keppra versus Dilantin for early recurrent seizures |
Dr. Graber |
| Learning in Interdisciplinary Teams Makes Us Safer (LITMUS-2) |
Dr. Ander |
| Multidose Charcoal in supratherapeutic serum phenytoin levels |
Dr. Skinner |
| Neurorehabiltation with Progesterone and Pregnenolone |
Dr. Wright |
| Ondansetron versus Prochlorperazine for N/V in ED |
Dr. Wu |
| Predictive guidelines for low-risk AF patients in the ED |
Dr. Diner |
| Preventing suicidal behavior in abused African-American women |
Dr. Kaslow |
| Progesterone in the treatment of Penetrating Brain Injury |
Sayeed |
| Promote Health (3 month revisit. after 4/2008) |
Dr. Houry |
| Promote Health (after 7/2007) |
Dr. Houry |
| Safety and Effectiveness of Computer Screening for IPV |
Dr. Houry |
| Senior Design Program: BME-EM Clinical Immersion Program |
Dr. Wright |
| Subcutaneous Novalog versus IV regular insulin in treatment of DKA |
Dr. Karriem-Norwood |
| Validation of triage rule for EKG's |
Dr. Capes |
| Variations in physicians' treatment in the ED |
Dr. Hirsh |
| eRescue--a computer-based paging program |
Dr. Lowery-North |
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Hospitals
The EMRC supports research at three clinical facilities, each with their own unique patient population and expertise. The three facilities are the Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory University Hospital, and Grady Memorial Hospital emergency departments.
EMRC Staff
- Full-time statistician: We have a full-time statistician who also has a dual appointment in the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology.
- Trial coordinator: We have a full-time trial coordinator who has regulatory experience and has supervised industry and federally-funded clinical trials.
- Research assistants: Through grants and work study funds, our department has a large cadre of research assistants to assist with data collection, patient enrollment, and data entry.
- Undergraduate research clinical team: We have 20-30 undergraduate students available for patient enrollment and screening 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. These students are participating in one of three research courses offered through Georgia Tech and led by Dr. David Wright.
Experience
Our research directors, Dr. Deb Houry and Dr. David Wright, both have federally-funded research projects. In addition, the emergency department has experience running clinical trials and Emory University supports a federally-funded General Clinical Research Center. Currently, our emergency department is second in the nation for NIH funding for Emergency Medicine.
Collaborations
The EMRC has active research collaborations with the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Trauma Surgery, Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Poison Control, and Pediatrics. We also actively collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rollins School of Public Health, multiple Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies, and others.
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We currently offer a research fellowship for board-certified or board-eligible emergency physicians. This two-year fellowship offers didactic courses in addition to research training in the fellow�s area of interest.
Click here for more information the Research Fellowship
::::::::: Volunteer Opportunities ::::
The EMRC currently has the following volunteer opportunities available to medical students:
- Clinical research program � 1st year students
- Clinical research program � 2nd year students
- Emergency Medicine BME partnership
- Public health practicum for MPH students
- Research elective � 4th year medical students
- Summer volunteer opportunities
- Work study program through Emory University
Students interested in an EMRC volunteer opportunity should send an email to Vicki Howard at vhoward@emory.edu with the following information included:
- Contact information: name, address, email, and cell phone
- A paragraph on your career or volunteer interests
- An estimate of the hours you have available per week (list hours for each day of the week)
- Start and end dates
::::::::: Contact Us ::::
If you would like additional information about the Emergency Medicine Research Center, please contact David W. Wright, MD, at dwwrigh@emory.edu, or Deb Houry, MD, MPH at dhoury@emory.edu, or both at (404) 616-6010.
