Our centers include more than 500,000 square feet of space for research on the Indianapolis campus as well as other statewide campuses.

Research Centers

Advancing research through the strength of collaboration

Indiana University School of Medicine centers support innovative and collaborative basic, clinical and translational research on a broad range of key scientific, medical and health care topics.

Along with more than 500,000 square feet of space available for research activities in a dozen buildings on the Indianapolis campus, IU School of Medicine faculty, staff and students are advancing discoveries in research facilities at its other statewide campuses.

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Alcohol Use Disorders

The Indiana Alcohol Research Center is an interdisciplinary specialized research center at IU School of Medicine where experts study the behavioral, genetic and central nervous system factors that contribute to alcohol use disorders.

Indiana Alcohol Research Center
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Alzheimer's Disease

The Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center conducts basic science research on the causes and processes of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, tests new treatments, trains future generations of Alzheimer’s researchers and physicians, and supports patients and their caregivers.

Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Bioinformatics

The Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics offers collaboration, consulting and training in advanced computation and informatics in biomedical processes, drug development and therapeutic responses.

Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Breast Cancer

At the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research a multi-disciplinary team of more than 30 breast cancer physicians and scientists are capitalizing on new technologies to develop highly customized therapies and to help women avoid the life-altering side effects that often result from standard treatment.

Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research

Cancer

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated center, is the organizational core for the wide array of cancer research, education and patient care programs at IU School of Medicine.

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Cardiovascular Research

The Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center tackles cardiovascular disease through innovative research with the goal of ultimately making it possible to remove heart disease as the leading cause of death. Our 30+ investigators and staff use advanced imaging, biomedical engineering, informatics and omics to discover, design, develop and deploy the next generation of diagnostic technologies, devices and targeted therapies to meet the critical needs of cardiovascular health. 

Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The Mary O’Daniel Stone and Bill Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at IU School of Medicine–Evansville seeks to fundamentally alter and improve the standard of care for people with bipolar disorder, and dramatically increase access to psychiatric care for the children and adolescent youth of southwestern Indiana.

Mary O'Daniel Stone and Bill Stone Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Clinical and Translational Sciences

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) brings together Indiana’s brightest minds to solve the state’s most pressing health challenges. The statewide institute is led by Sharon Moe, MD, and Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH, and supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

Diabetes

The Indiana University Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases fosters knowledge, supports training and promotes basic and translational research in diabetes and related metabolic disorders.

Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
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Health Equity

The Health Equity Advancing through Learning health systems Research (HEAL-R) Collaborative works to bring equity research to health care delivery, addressing critical health disparities that threaten marginalized and minoritized patients and the communities to which they belong.

HEAL-R Collaborative

Immunotherapy

The Brown Center for Immunotherapy focuses on advancing cell-based immunotherapies and other therapies that bolster the power of the immune system to treat diseases such as cancer and to develop preventative strategies for neurodegenerative diseases.

Brown Center for Immunotherapy

Musculoskeletal Health

The Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health is focused on the discovery and development of new treatments, cures, diagnostic tools, technologies and preventative strategies to address the increasing burden of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders of bone, muscle, tendon, ligament and cartilage affecting patients of all ages.

Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health
Traumatic Brain Injury Scan

Neurosciences

Stark Neurosciences Research Institute applies advances in molecular, genetic and imaging technologies to fundamental questions about brain function, dysfunction and development.

Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
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Nonmalignant Hematology

The Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology investigates various aspects of nonmalignant hematology. The center supports three critical biomedical research cores and sponsors a robust enrichment program to advance the development of students and early career members.

Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology

Pediatrics

At the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, more than 200 faculty investigators, staff and trainees seeking answers to the most pressing questions related to childhood illness.

Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Research Partnerships

In addition to Indiana University School of Medicine’s robust research enterprise, the school’s scientist and physician faculty are involved—many in leadership positions—in partner research centers at Indiana University and throughout the world.