The Department of Medicine has three sections and three centers devoted to research:
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 play leadership roles in nine College-wide research-centric 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
Blue Ridge ranking for October 2017 to September 2018 federal funding period was #27. In FY19, the research efforts of department faculty were supported by $82.8M in total extramural research funding (a total of 560 funding awards), including:
- $48.6 from the NIH, $5.2M from the Veteran’s Administration
- $8.0M from other federal agencies
- $4.2M from industry support of clinical trials
- $16.7M from state and 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.