The Department of Medicine has three sections that are devoted to research and several centers:
Sections and Research Centers
• Section of Cardiovascular Research
• Section of Health Services Research
• Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences
• Biology of Inflammation Center
• Asthma Clinical Research Center
• Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
In addition, Department of Medicine faculty and centers play leadership roles in nine College-wide centers including:
Departments and Centers
• Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center
• Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
• VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety
• Medical Ethics and Health Policy Center
• Diabetes Research Center
• Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center
• Center for Space Medicine
• Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Research Funding
In FY17, the research efforts of department faculty were supported by $65.1M in total extramural research funding (a total of 754 funding awards), including:
- $33.5M from the NIH, $6.5M from the Veteran’s Administration
- $6.2M from other federal agencies
- $4.7M from industry support of clinical trials
- $14.1M from other non-federal sources
Among these awards are NIH Center awards in endocrinology, infectious diseases, oncology, and gastroenterology, and a VA Center of Excellence Award (health services research). In addition six sections have been awarded NIH T-32 grants to support research training in the fields of gastroenterology, hematology, health services research, immunology, infectious diseases, and pulmonary medicine.