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.
