Emory University names ophthalmology department director

The Emory University School of Medicine’s department of ophthalmology in Atlanta has appointed Machelle Pardue, PhD, as its vice chair and director of research. 

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Dr.. Pardue will lead translational and clinical research for the ophthalmology department. She will also be an associate professor of ophthalmology at Emory, according to a Jan. 25 news release from the university. 

She joins Emory from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint venture between Emory and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 

Dr. Pardue specializes in retinal disease research. She has also been awarded $18 million in direct research funding from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. 

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