Research at UM

Generating New Knowledge and Innovations

Every day at the University of Miami—in laboratories, clinics, and classrooms across our campuses—faculty and students rigorously pursue new knowledge. The University’s energetic and comprehensive research enterprise, which embraces a vast range of disciplines, generates applied innovations and breakthroughs in numerous disciplines while contributing to humanity’s intellectual capital.

In 2006-07 research and sponsored program expenditures exceeded $274 million. The largest percentage of this research takes place at the Miller School of Medicine, with more than 1,300 ongoing projects funded by more than $180 million in external grants and contracts to UM faculty. The school ranks in the top third among U.S. medical schools in terms of research funding awarded.

Several new research facilities have opened, are currently under construction, or in the planning phase. The Miller School of Medicine's 15-story Clinical Research Building, which opened in late 2006, accommodates researchers from a wide range of disciplines who are now located throughout the medical campus. Construction is continuing on the 188,000-square-foot Biomedical Research Institute, scheduled to open in 2008, which will significantly increase the Miller School’s wet lab, basic science space, housing hundreds of scientists who will collaborate with physicians on disease-based research. To expand the pioneering research across the University and especially at the Miller School, the planned state-of-the-art,1.4 million-square-foot Life Science Park will be developed as a hub of research innovation that embraces scientific collaboration between academia and industry and promotes economic development.

The faculty and work highlighted here are emblematic of the exciting research taking place among and between academic disciplines throughout the University.

		Awesome Potential MIAMI MEDICINE | SPRING 2008 In labs across the Miller School studying maladies including vascular disease, diabetes, spinal cord and brain injuries, bone replacement, and eye diseases, leading edge research seeks to unlock the power of stem cells | more
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		Reversing Depression MIAMI MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 Only within the last few decades have doctors realized that depression is than just being stuck in a bad mood-it's a dangerous but treatable disease cause by an imbalance in the brain chemistry. Researchers at the Miller School are exploring how generics can make medications even more effective | more
NIH Public Access Policy The National Institutes of Health recently announced its new Public Access Policy regarding peer-reviewed publications. The new NIH Public Access Policy will ensure published NIH-funded research is accessible to the public, health care providers, educators, and scientists, and will help advance science and improve human health. The federal law basically requires that peer-reviewed, published articles resulting from NIH-funded research must be submitted to PubMed Central. In addition, effective as of May 25, authors must include PubMed Central ID numbers in NIH applications and reports when citing their articles covered by the policy. For more information, click here or visit the FAQs.

May 1, 2008: UM Researchers Receive Approval to Begin Stem Cell Trial Using BioCardia Catheter to Treat Heart Failure

April 25 , 2008: University of Miami Hospital Doctors Implant Heart Valves Through Minimally Invasive Procedure

April 24, 2008: UM Study Links Culture to Manifestations and Course of Mental Illness

March 5, 2008:Using Light to Clean Walls: A New Approach to Fighting Pollution