Clinical Research at the University of Pittsburgh
Clinical research, as defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), includes:
- Patient-oriented research*;
- Epidemiologic and behavioral studies;
- Outcomes research and health services research.
The University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Sciences has a remarkable array of multidisciplinary clinical research centers. Explore the following links to learn about the myriad opportunities for clinical research available to Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellows.
- Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research
- Alzheimer Disease Research Center
- Arthritis Institute
- Brain Trauma Research Center
- Cardiovascular Institute and the Cardiovascular Research Center
- Center for Assistive Technology
- Center for Bioethics and Health Law
- Center for Biologic Imaging
- Center for Biomedical Informatics
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology
- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics
- Center for Dental Informatics
- Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research
- Center for Healthy Aging
- Center for Hearing and Balance
- Center for Human Genetics and Integrative Biology
- Center for Injury Research and Control
- Center for Minority Health
- Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh
- Center for Nursing Research
- Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia
- Center for Pharmacogenetics
- Center for Pharmacoinformatics and Outcomes Research
- Center for Research in Chronic Disorders
- Center for Research in Reproductive Physiology
- Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation
- Center for Research on Health Care
- Center for Research on Health Care Data Center
- Center for Rural Health Practice
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
- Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Center
- Comprehensive Lung Center
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- Epidemiology Data Center
- Functional Imaging Research Program: MR Research Center and PET Facility
- General Clinical Research Center
- General Clinical Research Center: Children's Hospital
- General Clinical Research Center: Magee- Women's Hospital
- General Clinical Research Center: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
- Health Policy Institute
- Human Engineering Research Laboratories
- Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM)
- Magee-Womens Hospital Center of Excellence in Women's Health
- Magee-Womens Research Institute
- Center for the Study of Affective Disorders
- Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
- Molecular Medicine Institute
- Musculoskeletal Research Center
- Obesity/Nutrition Research Center
- Pharmacodynamic Research Center
- Pitt Center for Neuroscience
- Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center
- Pittsburgh Mind Body Center
- Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research
- Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
- The Pittsburgh Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
- University, Community, Leaders, and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Centers
- University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute
- University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging
- VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)
- VA Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Related Technology (WaRT)
* Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects. Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues that cannot be linked to a living individual. Patient-oriented research includes: (a) mechanisms of human disease, (b) therapeutic interventions, (c) clinical trials, and (d) development of new technologies.
