David W. Wright, MD, is a tenured Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. He is a translational researcher with a bench-top to bedside approach to problem solving, working in both the basic sciences and clinical research arena. He was the Principal Investigator for the large NIH funded multicenter clinical trial called, ProTECT III, Progesterone for Traumatic Brain Injury, the world’s first large scale clinical trial of this treatment as well as the site Principal Investigator for the NETT southeastern HUB. He is currently the PI on a CDC award aimed at improving recovery for children who sustain traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Wright is a practicing physician working in the Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, the region’s only Level I trauma center. In addition, he is conducting collaborative research with the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop new technologies for detecting cognitive impairment resulting from mild TBI and early Alzheimer’s disease. He has won several awards for research excellence from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and was the recipient of the 2008 Health Care Heroes Award from the Atlanta Business Chronicles. Dr. Wright has mentored dozens of graduate level degree-seeking students (including thesis committee membership), medical students as a research project advisor, and undergraduate students in research and career development.