Zanthia Wiley, MD, FHM, FIDSA, named next associate vice chair of DOM RYSE (DEI)

Dr. Wiley first came to Emory as a medical resident and stayed because of the opportunities she found in treating patients and training future physicians. For the first ten years of her career, she served our community as an academic hospitalist at Emory University Hospital Midtown before pursuing a career in infectious diseases. Dr. Wiley is a co-investigator in the Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit at the Hope Clinic and is an Atlanta Hub MPI on the NIH RECOVER (Long COVID) study. Dr. Wiley has served as a member of the Emory Department of Medicine’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council since its inception. She is passionate about mentorship and the promotion of trainees and peers, especially those who are underrepresented in medicine. She serves as a mentor to high school and college students, medical trainees, as well as junior faculty in both the U.S. and Nigeria.

During the COVID pandemic, Dr. Wiley recognized a trend; COVID was disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minority communities. Her COVID-related observations led her to focus her primary research on describing factors that might increase the chances of people of color contracting COVID-19, the factors that contribute to their rehospitalization, and, most recently, describing Long COVID and working to find treatments. She is a steadfast advocate for vaccinations and speaks on both the local and national levels to help promote vaccine confidence within our communities. To her, “thriving health care” means equitable health care. It means having clinicians, researchers, and research participants who mirror the communities that we serve.

Dr. Wiley was elected as the 2023 president-elect of the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), one of the longest-running organizations for multidisciplinary medical research in the nation, with the mission to develop and mentor tomorrow's leaders in medical research. Dr. Wiley was honored with the 2023 DOM's Diversity and Inclusion Award, which recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to fostering a diverse and inclusive DOM community through their service, teaching, mentoring, and research efforts. She was also a recipient of one of the 2023 School of Medicine’s Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

Dr. Wiley is stepping into the role of associate vice chair of RYSE after it was recently vacated by Kimberly Manning, MD, who recently moved into her new role as the vice chair of RYSE.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Wiley on her new leadership role. We are thrilled to have her continued leadership and dedication to the promotion of RYSE and diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Department of Medicine.

Sincerely,

David S. Stephens, MD
Chair, Emory University Department of Medicine

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