Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
Senior Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Vice President, Clinical Research, UPHS
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Human Research
Associate Dean, PSOM Master’s and Certificate Programs
Director, Translational Research Education

Emma A. Meagher, MD, serves as Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology in the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Meagher earned her medical doctorate degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, and completed postgraduate training in internal medicine, cardiology, and pharmacology at the National University of Ireland.

As Senior Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Human Research at Penn, Dr. Meagher oversees the university's clinical and translational research portfolio and sets the strategy for its clinical and translational research enterprise. As Vice President for Clinical Research within the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), she leads the integration and alignment of research and clinical practice across seven hospitals and numerous ambulatory care practices.

Dr. Meagher is passionate about education and about paving the way for future translational scientists. In her roles as Associate Dean for PSOM Master’s and Certificate Programs and Director of Translational Research Education within the Perelman School of Medicine, Dr. Meagher is responsible for the rapidly growing portfolio of professional education opportunities provided by PSOM. Since 2004, she has led the Master of Science in Translational Research program, which has trained many physician-scientists and clinical investigators who now lead several of PSOM’s cutting-edge clinical and translational research programs. Additionally, since 2006, Dr. Meagher has served as the education lead for Penn's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), directing both the KL2 and TL1 programs, and she currently serves as an MPI of the CTSA UM1 grant.

Dr. Meagher’s research expertise lies in the development of novel therapeutics for dyslipidemia and the evaluation of educational methods for training clinical and translational scientists. Her administrative activities are focused on enabling clinical and translational research, developing innovative approaches to overcoming research barriers, and training a workforce prepared to advance translational science and improve human health. She is committed to fostering mentor-mentee relationships, and at Penn she implemented a Research Mentor and Mentee Training program for investigators conducting clinical and translational science, and she also directs the PSOM Mentoring Coalition.

Dr. Meagher sits on many nationwide advisory boards and serves as Chair of the AAMC's Group on Research Advancement and Development (GRAND) and as Vice Chair of the Clinical Research Forum. She is also a past president of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Meagher has published articles in numerous high-impact journals, has won many teaching awards, and is certified as a Master Trainer through the NIH-funded National Research Mentoring Network. She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.