Yale Emergency Medicine #2 in NIH Funding with 14 Faculty Ranked Nationally

For the eighth consecutive year, the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine was recognized among the nation’s leaders in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, ranking #2 in the U.S. according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).

In 2025, Yale Emergency Medicine secured $19,579,437 in NIH grants—building on its longstanding record of sustained, high-impact research excellence. This year’s achievement is marked by an extraordinary expansion in faculty success, with 14 faculty members receiving NIH funding and nine among the top 100 NIH-funded emergency medicine investigators nationwide.

“Our ranking reflects not only our department’s continued strength in NIH funding but also the breadth and depth of our research community,” said Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, chair of Yale Emergency Medicine. “More of our faculty than ever before are leading nationally recognized research programs—evidence of Yale’s growing influence and innovation in acute care research.”

Yale Emergency Medicine continues to lead pioneering investigations that advance emergency care across the lifespan, from pediatric to geriatric patients, and across the full spectrum of illness and injury. Current research initiatives include:

• Injury prevention in low- and middle-income countries
• Advancing the quality, safety, and value of emergency care delivery
• Innovative treatments for substance use disorders
• Health care simulation technology
• Mentorship programs inspiring the next generation of health scientists
• Leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance emergency care delivery
• Clinical informatics in pain research
• Resuscitation Science

Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine, remains the nation’s second most highly funded emergency investigator and a top-funded researcher in Yale School of Medicine.

An internationally recognized leader in addiction medicine, D’Onofrio continues to drive major NIH-funded initiatives, including innovative treatments for opioid addiction. She leads the New England Consortium Node for NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network and the NIH-funded SIREN network Hub (Yale-METRO). She is also the MPI of two NIH-funded K12 programs, the Yale Drug Use, Addiction, and HIV Research Scholars (Yale-DAHRS) program and the national Neuro-EM Scholars Career Development Program.

This year’s expanded recognition includes the following Yale emergency medicine faculty (academic year 2025) among the top NIH-funded emergency medicine researchers in the nation:

• Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS

• Ted Melnick, MD, MHS

• Rebekah Heckmann, MD, MPH, MPA

• Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS

• Édouard Coupet, MD, MS

• Kathryn Hawk, MD, MHS

• Samah Fodeh-Jarad, PhD

• Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS

• Hani Mowafi, MD, MPH

• Deepa Camenga, MD, MHS

• Brian C. Coleman, DC, MHS

• Leigh Evans, MD

• Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS

• Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, MS

Making their debut on the 2025 BRIMR list are Heckmann, Camenga, Coleman, Gettel, and Perman.

“Earning the #2 national ranking and seeing fourteen of our faculty recognized as NIH-funded investigators highlights the scale and cohesion of our research enterprise,” said Ted Melnick, MD, MHS, section chief for research. “This milestone reflects intentional investment in people, infrastructure, and team science. Our faculty are leading impactful, multisite studies that translate discovery into better patient outcomes while cultivating the next generation of emergency care investigators. Beyond our current faculty, we are thrilled to see that three Yale emergency medicine residency graduates, two former fellows, and four former faculty were on the list.”

Yale Emergency Medicine’s sustained success reinforces its reputation as a national leader in advancing the science of emergency medicine, improving outcomes for patients locally, nationally, and globally.