Clinical Research at the University of Pittsburgh
Clinical research, as defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), includes the following:
- Patient-oriented research.*
- Epidemiologic and behavioral studies.
- Outcomes research and health services research.
The University of Pittsburgh schools of the health sciences have 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 Balance Disorders
- 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 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 Oral Health Research in Appalachia
- Center for Pharmacogenetics
- Center for Pharmacoinformatics and Outcomes Research
- Center for Research and Evaluation: School of Nursing
- 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
- Comprehensive Lung Center
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- Epidemiology Data Center
- Functional Imaging Research Program: MR Research Center and PET Facility
- Health Policy Institute
- Human Engineering Research Laboratories
- Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders
- Magee-Womens Hospital Center of Excellence in Women's Health
- Magee-Womens Research Institute
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM)
- Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
- Musculoskeletal Research Center
- Obesity/Nutrition Research Center
- Pharmacodynamic Research Center
- Pitt Center for Neuroscience
- Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center
- Pittsburgh Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
- Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center
- Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research
- Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
- Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
- Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
- University, Community, Leaders, and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID) Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- 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)
*Patient-oriented research is defined as 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.
