Research and Clinical Environment
The research enterprise of the UI Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) garnered $188 million in external funding in 2007 and the UI ranks 12th among public institutions in NIH funding. The enterprise is overseen by two senior associate deans for research: Michael Apicella, M.D., Interim Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs and Gary Hunninghake, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences. S. Ramaswamy, Ph.D., is Interim Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs.
Researchers in the CCOM's 240 laboratories are served by state-of-the-art core research facilities and research support facilities. Much of the research conducted at the CCOM is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through major research centers, institutes and programs.
Many CCOM faculty members are internationally renowned for their research. Four faculty members are Howard Hughes Institute Investigators, 16 are members of the Institute of Medicine and three are members of the National Academy of Sciences.
The CCOM is home to the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of 39 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation; the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, one of six such NIH-funded centers in the nation; the Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration and the newly established Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.
Research Centers
- Cardiovascular Research Center
- Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration
- Center for Auditory Regeneration and Deafness
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Center for Functional Genomics of Hypertension
- Center for Gene Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis and Other Genetic Diseases
- Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice
- Center on Aging
- Craniofacial Research Center
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- General Clinical Research Center
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Huntington's Disease Center for Excellence
- Iowa Center for Muscular Dystrophy Research
- Iowa Comprehensive Lung Imaging Center
- Levitt, Helen C. Center for Viral Pathogenesis
- O'Brien, George M. Kidney Research Center
- Specialized Center for Research in Osteoarthritis
- Wellstone, Senator Paul D. Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center
Research Programs
- Cancer and Aging Program
- Cerebral Vascular Biology Program Project Grant
- Infectious Disease in Biodefense- Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens Research Unit
- Inflammation Program
- Pain Research Program
- Program in Gene Discovery
- Program in Imaging Research
- Program Project Grant on Atherosclerosis
- Research Program in Genetics of Prematurity
Institutes
Core Research Support Facilities
- Office of Animal Resources
- Biochemistry Stores
- Bioengineering Facility
- Biosafety Level III Laboratory Facilities
- Biomedical Research Store
- Central Microscopy Research Facilities
- Comparative Pathology Research Laboratory
- Crystallography Facility
- DNA Facility
- Electron Spin Resonance Facility
- Flow Cytometry Facility
- Gene Targeting Facility
- Gene Transfer Vector Core
- Protein Facility
- Proteomics Core Facility
- Tissue Procurement Core
- Transgenic Animal Facility