Faculty Research

On the Cutting Edge

No one is shaking up the world of research quite like our faculty leaders. You hear it in everything they do—from publications to community presence, they’re guiding a new generation of question-askers and researching to find their own answers along the way. 

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Faculty Research

Exploring the nature of fathers: a new book combines personal insights with the science of paternal potential

James Rilling, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ professor of psychology, interweaves his personal experiences as a son, husband and dad with the latest scientific insights into fatherhood. The MIT Press published “Father Nature: The Science of Paternal Potential.”


Acclaimed Scholars

Faculty Research Spotlight

Harold Gouzoules in lab with headphones

Harold Gouzoules

No matter what sparks them, human screams share distinctive acoustic parameters that listeners are attuned to, a study by Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ psychologist Harold Gouzoules suggests.

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Judith Miller

Associate Professor of History Judith Miller’s Fake News class helps students learn to research and identify false information using Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’s library and its special collections.

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David Stephens

David Stephens, Interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, is co-principal investigator of a new effort aimed at developing vaccines and other therapies to combat infectious diseases.

From Fulbright Fellows to Pulitzer Prize honorees, our faculty scholars are well recognized.

Areas of Expertise

The Finest in Their Fields

Health

Alzheimer’s, AIDS, Cancer, Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Influenza

Science

Research, Surgery, Neuroscience, Nursing, Pediatrics

Social Science

Diversity, Psychology, Psychiatry

Policy

Public Health, Economics and Finance, Law, Religion and Ethics, Politics

Faculty Research Opportunities

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences

  • Center for the Study of Human Health
  • The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
  • The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference

Goizueta Business School

  • Center for Alternative Investments
  • Marketing Analytics Center
  • Social Enterprise @ Goizueta

School of Law

  • Barton Child Law and Policy Center
  • Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
  • Center on Federalism and Intersystemic Governance

School of Medicine

  • Center for Systems Imaging
  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Comprehensive Glycomics Core
  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Integrated Genomics Core

School of Nursing

  • Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility
  • Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Education Center
  • Center for Neurocognitive Studies

Rollins School of Public Health

  • Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics
  • Center for Global Safe Water
  • Global Diabetes Research Center

Candler School of Theology

  • Luce International Initiative
  • Youth Theological Initiative
  • World Methodist Evangelism Institute

Woodruff Health Sciences Center

  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Global Health Institute
  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Vaccine Center
  • Winship Cancer Institute
  • Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes

  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Center for Ethics
  • Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute
  • Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions

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