Excellence in Research

The MilliPub Club honors and recognizes current Emory faculty who have published one or more individual papers throughout their careers that have each garnered more than 1,000 citations. Such a paper is commonly considered a “citation classic” and represents high impact scholarship.

• Rafi Ahmed, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)

  "Molecular signature of CD8(+) T cell exhaustion during chronic viral infection"

• Mohammed K. Ali, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine)
  “Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants” and "The State of US Health, 1990-2010 Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors"
• Bekh Bradley-Davino, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
  “A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy for PTSD”
• Craig Coopersmith, MD (Surgery)
  “Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016"
• David Cutler, PhD (Human Genetics)
  “Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism"
• Keith Delman, MD (Surgery)
  “Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma”
• Jacques Dion, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
  “Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association”
• Monica Farley, MD (Medicine)
  "Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States”
• Michael Frankel, MD (Neurology)
  “Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct”
• Scott Fridkin, MD (Medicine)
  “Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States”
• Marla Gearing, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
  “Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease”
• Jonathan Glass, MD (Neurology)
  “Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease”
• Diogo Haussen, MD (Neurology)

  “Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct”

• Shella Keilholz, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
  “Dynamic functional connectivity: Promise, issues, and interpretations”
• Subra Kugathasan, MD (Pediatrics)
  “The Treatment-Naive Microbiome in New-Onset Crohn's Disease”
• James Lah, MD, PhD (Neurology)
  “Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease”
• Allan Levey, MD, PhD (Neurology)
  “Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease" and "Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease"
• Sagar Lonial, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  "International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma”
• Raul Nogueira, MD (Neurology)

  “Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct”

• Adeboye Osunkoya, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
  “Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma”
• Taofeek Owonikoko, MPH/PhD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  “Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma” and "Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma"
• Nicki Panoskaltsis, MD, PhD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  “Cytokine storm in a phase 1 trial of the anti-CD28 monoclonal antibody TGN1412”
• Arshed Quyyumi, MD (Medicine)
  “Prognostic value of coronary vascular endothelial dysfunction”
• Suresh Ramalingam, MD (Hematology & Medical Oncology)

  “Osimertinib or Platinum-Pemetrexed in EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer"

  “Osimertinib in Untreated EGFR-Mutated Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer”

  “Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma”

  “Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma”

• Nabil Saba, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  “Nivolumab for Recurrent Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck”
• Jonathan Sevransky, MD (Medicine)

  “Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2016”

• Gabriel Sica, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

  “Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma”

  “Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma”

• Ifor Williams, MD, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
  “FoxOs are critical mediators of hematopoietic stem cell resistance to physiologic oxidative stress”
• Elliot Winton, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  “A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Ruxolitinib for Myelofibrosis”
• Kimberly Workowski, MD (Medicine)

  “Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015”

  “Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir for Previously Treated HCV Genotype 1 Infection”

• Michael Zwick, PhD (Human Genetics)
  “Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism"

The Emory 1% Award honors and recognizes investigators who have received study section review scores in the top one percentile on a grant proposal.

• Jing Chen, PhD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
  Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway regulates AMPK homeostasis by balancing opposing LKB1 and PP2A
• Paul Doestch, PhD (Biochemistry)
  Transcriptional Mutagenesis by Ionizing Radiation
• Jennifer Felger, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
  Effects of Bupropion versus Escitalopram on Reward Circuitry and Motivational Deficits in Patients with Major Depression and Increased Inflammation and Anhedonia
• Ashwanth Francis, PhD (Pediatrics)
  Delineating a role for CA in HIV-1 nuclear transport to sites of integration
• Holly Gooding, MD (Pediatrics)
  Incorporating cardiovascular risk assessment into adolescent and young adult visits to improve cardiovascular health
• Andrew Miller, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
  Effects of Bupropion versus Escitalopram on Reward Circuitry and Motivational Deficits in Patients with Major Depression and Increased Inflammation and Anhedonia
• David Schuster, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
  Improved staging of lobular breast cancer with novel amino acid metabolic and tumor neovasculature receptor imaging
• Jennifer Wong, PhD (Human Genetics)
  Investigation of AEDs in SCN8A-derived epilepsy
• Marianne Yee, MD (Pediatrics)
  Kinetics of Red Blood Cell Clearance in Chronically Transfused Children with Sickle Cell Disease
• Muxiang Zhou, MD (Pediatrics)
  Dual inhibition of MDM2 and XIAP as a therapeutic strategy in cancer

Did you know the Recognitions Committee celebrated Research Appreciation Day in September? Read more about some of the outstanding researchers at Emory here.