Research: Biomedical Sciences
- Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences
- The Institute is the centerpiece of a 10-year, $400 million strategic plan to expand the Medical Center's research programs in the basic sciences. The Institute is organized into six interdisciplinary research centers:
- Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
- The Center offers a unique environment to investigate the use of very high frequency sound waves in medical diagnosis, along with other medical imaging and bioeffects research.
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
- The Cancer Center provides care, conducts significant cancer-related research, translates advances in the basic sciences into meaningful cancer treatments, and provides postdoctoral education.
- Center for Future Health
- This is a multidisciplinary research laboratory where physicians, engineers, and scientists create advanced medical technology on a personal scale.
- Center for Child Health Research
- This national research institute was created by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Particular attention is paid to the chronic conditions of childhood, children's mental health and development, and the social and psychological determinants of child health.
- Environmental Health Sciences Center
- Holder of a Center grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, recognizing a large and dedicated faculty with common interests and goals focusing on environmental toxicology.
- General Clinical Research Center
- The General Clinical Research Center (in Strong Memorial Hospital) provides support for both inpatient and outpatient clinical research.
- Nathan Shock Center
- The University's Center for Aging and Developmental Biology is one of four recipients of a grant from the National Institute on Aging declaring it a Nathan Shock Center of Excellence. These centers are designed to stimulate research into the basic biological processes of aging.
- Center for Navigation and Communication Sciences
- Center for Navigation and Communication Sciences, supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is specifically dedicated to research on the sensory, motor, and integrative mechanisms underlying these essential functions.
- Neuroscience at Rochester
- This center bridges several academic departments and programs at the Medical Center and the College. Covering a broad range of disciplines, faculty and staff in these areas work together to encourage collaboration and promote research and instructional programs in neuroscience.
- Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
- The goal of the Rochester Center for Brain Imaging (RCBI) is to provide researchers at the University of Rochester, as well as neighboring institutions, with access to a state-of-the-art 3T magnet for research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Schmitt Program on Integrative Brain Research
- This interdisciplinary program supports activities in neuroscience that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries within three areas of focus: learning, plasticity, and memory; the senses and behavior; and the neurobiology of aging and disease.
- Sleep Research Laboratory
- The Laboratory researches sleep and depression; mechanisms underlying the manifestation of sleep disorders; and the neuropsychological effects of sleep abnormalities.
- Strong Children's Research Center
- SCRC is committed to improving child health by investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of childhood diseases.
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
- The University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide is dedicated to reducing injuries and deaths associated with attempted and completed suicide.
- Center for Visual Science
- An internationally renowned research group, the Center is dedicated to understanding the neural basis of vision.