Research centers and institutes

See where discoveries happen every day. Browse an alphabetical directory of research centers at the University of Rochester.

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A–Z: Explore our centers and institutes

Jenn Brisson in her lab

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Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)

Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research, and Education Program (AD-CARE)

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Bradley Center of Policy Research

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Center for Advanced Research Technologies (CART)

Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research

Center for Augmented and Virtual Reality

Center for Biomedical Informatics

Center for Children's Health Research

Center for Coherence and Quantum Science (CCQS)

Center for Communication and Disparities Research

Center for Community Health & Prevention

Center for Emerging & Innovative Sciences (CEIS)

Center of Excellence in Data Science

Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics

Center for Extended Reality (CXR)

Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO)

Center for Health and Technology (CHeT)

Center for Inhalation and Flavoring Toxicological Research (CIFT)

Center for Integrated Research Computing (CIRC)

Center for Language Sciences

Center for Learning in the Digital Age (LiDA)

Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP)

Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Center for Professional Development and Education Reform

Center for Quantum Electrodynamics for Selective Transformations (QuEST)

Center for Retina and Brain (CRAB)

Center for RNA Biology

Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide

Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Center for Tumor Immunology Research

Center for Urban Education Success (CUES)

Center for Visual Science (CVS)

Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Clincal Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC)

Clinical Nursing Research Center

Conte Center for Research in OCD

Cystic Fibrosis Center

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David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology (CVBI)

Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience

Democracy Center

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Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging

Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman

Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC)

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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) Research Center

Flash Center for Computational Science

Flaum Eye Institute

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Genomics Research Center

Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

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Humanities Center

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Infectious Diseases Research Clinic

Institute for Human Health and the Environment

Institute for Immunological Sciences

Institute for Matter at Extreme Energy Density (IMAXED)

Institute of Optics

Integrated Nanosystems Center (URnano)

Marvin Doyley in his lab

researcher using dry ice in a lab setting

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Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research at the University of Rochester

Mt. Hope Family Center

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National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR)

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Paleomagnetic Research Group

Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center

Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics

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Qualitative & Mixed Methods Research Center

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Robert E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering

Rochester Aging Research Center (RoAR)

Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound (RCBU)

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Schmitt Program on Integrative Neuroscience (SPIN)

Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies

Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory

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University of Rochester Aging Institute

University of Rochester Batten Center

University of Rochester Center for Advanced Brain Imaging and Neurophysiology (UR CABIN)

University of Rochester Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

University of Rochester Neurorestoration Institute

University of Rochester Resilience Research Center (UR³C)

URochester Health Lab

URochester Medicine Epilepsy Center

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W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy

Wilmot Cancer Institute

Wynne Center for Family Research

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Researchers work in the lab