Please make an appointment to meet with Hughes Spalding Clinical Research Manager. The Manager will guide you through the process for review and approval and assist you to ensure that all administrative and regulatory aspects of the study are in place.
Please click on the link below for more information about the review and approval process.
To get started, for all Aflac studies please reach out to Bobby Uddo and Marco Benoit for all other specialties.
For more information, please see PowerPoint Presentation for conducting research at Hughes Spalding.
About Children's at Hughes Spalding
With deep roots of caring for families in Atlanta, the Hughes Spalding Pavilion first opened in 1952. Today, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding continues its legacy of care. Sick and injured children need the expertise of trained pediatric specialists, and now, patients who live downtown and on the south side of Atlanta have a world-class facility within their neighborhood.
- Children's at Hughes Spalding manages more than 75,000 patients annually.
- As a System, Children's is the largest Medicaid provider in Georgia, and at Children's at Hughes Spalding, 90% of patients who turn to us for care are uninsured or rely on Medicaid.
- Children's at Hughes Spalding is now the medical home for children who are in foster care and custody of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS). Foster children who need assessment experience the all-inclusive continuity of care they deserve.
- Children's at Hughes Spalding is the first pediatric facility to be a gold-certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building in the state of Georgia.
- Children's has been ranked one of the top hospitals for children in the United States by U.S.News and World Report since 2004 and was ranked among the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the country by Parents magazine in 2009.
- As part of Children's, our patients have access to more than 1,600 physicians and more than 30 pediatric specialties.
Meet the Team
Claudia Morris, MD, FAAP
Center Director for CCTR, Research Director for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Nodal Principal Investigator for PCARN-SPARC
Sarah Marie Huban, MA, CIP, CHRC
Director, Clinical Trials
Mary Anne Geryak, M.S.
Program & Research Manager, CCTR and HeRO
Kirsten Williams, MD
Pediatric Director, CTSA
Jordan Bryant, MPH
CCTR Program Coordinator
Brian Vickery, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Professor of Pediatrics Marcus Professor of Pediatric Immunology Chief, Division of Allergy/Immunology at Emory University & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta