Emory Researcher Installed as President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Debra Houry, vice chair for research and associate professor of emergency medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, was recently installed as president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. The 6,500-member society seeks to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine.

Dr. Houry also serves an associate professor and director of the Center for Injury Control at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the prevention of violence against women and on mental health issues relating to violence. Dr. Houry received her medical training at Tulane University in New Orleans.