Faculty Directory / Center for Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, & Nutrition Innovation (GENI)

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Liliana Aguayo, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Clinical Research Track
Hubert Department of Global Health
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

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Jessica A. Alvarez, PHD, RD

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
Emory University

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404-727-1390
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David Archer, PhD

Director of Pediatric Flow Cytometry Service
Director of Basic Research for Sickle Cell Program
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Emory University School of Medicine

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Jinbing Bai, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University

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Maria (Stefi) Barbian, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Emory University School of Medicine

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Brittney Olivia Baumert, PhD, MPH

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

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Brook Belay, MD, MPH

Medical Officer
Child & Teen Healthy Weight and Obesity
Obesity Prevention and Control Branch
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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770-488-5237
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John W. Calvert, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine

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Joshua D. Chandler, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, CF, & Sleep
Emory University

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Paul A. Dawson, PhD, FAASLD

Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Interim Director, Center for Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, & Nutrition Innovation (GENI)
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Scholar

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Lab: 404-727-5594

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404-727-7083
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Michael J. Gambello, MD, PhD

Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics
Section Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-5979
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Roshan P. George, MD

Professor
Division of Nephrology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Director of Adolescent Renal Transplant Transition Program
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Medical Director of Transplant Quality
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Associate Program Director
Fellowship Program of Pediatric Nephrology
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-712-3997
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Holly Gooding, MD, MSc

Adolescent & Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Childrens at Hughes Spalding
Adolescent Health Clinic
Hughes Spalding hospital
35 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

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404-778-1429
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Nitika Gupta, MD, DCH, DNB, MRCPCH

Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Clinical Director, Pediatric Hepatology
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Peijian He, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

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Daniel S. Hsia, MD

Associate Professor
Associate Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute

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404-712-4731
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Rheinallt Jones, PhD

Associate Professor
Director of the Emory Gnotobiotic Animal Core
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-7231
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Saul J. Karpen, MD, PhD, FAASLD

Chief Scientific Officer
Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

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Benjamin T. Kopp, MD, MPH

Benjamin Kopp, MD, MPH, ATSF, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonology, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep (PACS)
Co-Director, Center for Cystic Fibrosis and Airways Disease Research (CF-AIR)
Co-Director, Pediatric Residency Investigative Scholars at Emory (PRISE)
Director, Pulmonary Sickle Cell Program and Pulmonary & Sleep Physician Research
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine

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404.727.1968
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Subra Kugathasan, MD

Professor of Pediatrics & Human Genetics
Marcus Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Co-Director, Children’s Center for Immunity and Applied Genomics
Scientific Director, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Combined Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

 

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404-727-4542
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Chaoran Li, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine

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Nael A. McCarty, PhD

Marcus Professor of Cystic Fibrosis
Professor and Senior Cystic Fibrosis Scientist
Division of Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research
Director, Emory+Children’s CF Center of Excellence
Emory University School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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404-727-3654
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Barbara McElhanon, MD

Medical Director, Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Physician Group
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-712-0071
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Eleftherios "Lefteris" Michailidis, PhD

Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-8755
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Claudia R. Morris, MD, FAAP

Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Research Director for Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University

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Andrew B Muir, MD

Professor
Division Chief - Pediatric Endocrinology
Emory Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-785-5437
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K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA

Ruth and OC Hubert Chair of Global Health
Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine
Faculty, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Emory University

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404-727-8402
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Kathryn E Oliver, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis & Sleep
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-8763
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Eric Ortlund, PhD

Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Emory University School of Medicine

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404.727.5014
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Dharmeshkumar Patel, PhD

Instructor
Laboratory of Biochemical and Pharmacology (LOBP)
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine | Emory University

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404-727-1465
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Daniel Perrien, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids
Emory University School of Medicine

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Brenda Poindexter, MD

Chief, Division of Neonatology
System Medical Director for Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University

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404-727-2403
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Kaitlin B. Proctor, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatric Psychologist
Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program & Food Allergy Center at Emory+Children’s
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Cassidy Puckett, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory College of Arts & Sciences

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Arshed Quyyumi, MD

Co-Director
Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor, Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-3655
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Bonney Reed, PhD

Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatric Psychologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Jessica L Reilly, MD, FAAP

Medical Director, Strong4Life
Clinic Physician
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-785-5437
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Rene Romero Jr, MD

Director, Solid Organ Transplant
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Professor & Eminent Physician
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-785-1832
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Raymond F Schinazi, PhD, Hon D.Sc.

Frances Winship Walters Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology &
Director, HIV-Cure Scientific Working Group
Emory University Center for AIDS Research

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404-727-1414
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William G. Sharp, PhD

Director, Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Professor
Division of Autism and Related Disorders
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-419-5162
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Laurence S. Sperling, M.D., FACC, FACP, FAHA, FASPC

Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Founder, Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention
 
Professor of Global Health
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
 
Executive Director, Million Hearts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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404-778-2722
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Lisa Staimez, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health
Nutrition and Health Sciences Program
Emory Global Diabetes Research Center
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

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James Patrick Stevens, MD

Fellow
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Emory University School of Medicine

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Parmi S Suchdev, MD, MPH, FAAP

Associate Director, Emory Global Health Institute
Professor, Emory Department of Pediatrics and
Hubert Department of Global Health

Medical Epidemiologist
Nutrition Branch
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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404-785-1674
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Shuichi Takayama, PhD

Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, and
Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Regenerative Engineering and Medicine
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University School of Medicine

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Rabindra Tirouvanziam, PhD

Associate Professor
Center for Cystic Fibrosis & Airways Disease Research
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep

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Valerie Volkert, PhD, BCBA-D

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Psychologist & Program Manager
Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH

Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Director, Georgia CTSA Pediatric Program
Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
Director, Pediatric Fatty Liver Program and Attending Hepatologist
Emory University School of Medicine
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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404-785-1832
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May Dongmei Wang, PhD

Professor
Director of Biomedical Big Data Initiative
Wallace H Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar
Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

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404-385-2954
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Jean A. Welsh, PhD, MPH, RN

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Research Director
Strong4Life
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Director Graduate Studies
Nutrition and Health Science Program
Laney Graduate School

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Thomas R. Ziegler, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
Director, Emory Center for Clinical and Molecular Nutrition
Co-Program Director, TL1 pre and postdoctoral clinical/translational training program, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA)
Director, Emory University Hospital Research Unit, Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Network

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404-727-7351
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