Research:
Biomedical Sciences
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- Research at URMC is growing and thriving. Across medicine, nursing and dentistry, we have attained a balanced mix of basic, translational and clinical science.
Biomedical research is also conducted in a number centers and institutes across the University:
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- CTSI is assembling the people and resources to ensure that new preventive interventions, diagnostic procedures, and treatments get to patients and communities faster than ever before.
- Flaum Eye Institute
- Center for Cardiovascular Research
- Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research
- Center for Oral Biology
- Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
- NY Influenza Center of Excellence
- Center for Neural Development and Disease
- Center for Neurodegenerative and Vascular Brain Disorders
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine
- Center for Computation and the Brain
- Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- 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 Community Health
- The mission of the Center for Community Health is to join forces with the community to eliminate disparities and improve health through research, education and service.
- National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR)
- The NCDHR partners with deaf and hard-of-hearing communities to promote health. The Center does not investigate prevention of hearing loss. Rather, it is concerned with finding ways to help deaf and hard-of-hearing communities eliminate health problems, such as heart disease, obesity, depression and other chronic health concerns.
- Center for Future Health
- This is a multidisciplinary research laboratory where physicians, engineers, and scientists create advanced medical technology on a personal scale.
- 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.
- 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 Alzheimer's Disease Center (RADC)
- The University of Rochester Alzheimer's Disease Center (RADC) is one of 27 federally funded Alzheimer's Disease Centers in the United States. All 27 centers are devoted to finding more effective ways of treating Alzheimer's disease through basic and clinical research.
- 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 and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory
- The Laboratory researches sleep and depression; mechanisms underlying the manifestation of sleep disorders; and the neuropsychological effects of sleep abnormalities.
- 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.
