Research Centers
Research staff in a lab

Welcome to the directory of Research Centers at the Michigan Medicine Academic Medical Center, where cutting-edge research and innovation converge to shape the future of healthcare.

A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Director: Charles F. Burant, MD, PhD

ALS Center of Excellence
Directors: Eva L. Feldman, MS | Stephen Goutman, MD, MS

Bioinnovations in Brain Cancer
Directors: Maria Castro, PhD | Steven Schwendeman, PhD

Biointerfaces Institute
Director: Joerg Lahann, PhD

Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team - CanSORT
Director: Steven J. Katz, MD, MPH

Caswell Diabetes Institute
Director: Martin G. Myers, Jr, MD, PhD

Center for Advanced Models and Translational Sciences and Therapeutics - CAMTraST
Director: Eugene Chen, MD, PhD

Center for Arrhythmia Research
Director: José Jalife, MD

Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine - CBSSM
Co-Directors: Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBe | Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD

Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design - CPOD
Director: Linda Samuelson, PhD

Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application - CODA
Director: Noelle E. Carlozzi, PhD

Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics - CCMP
Director: Brian D. Athey, PhD

Center for Disability Health and Wellness - CDHW
Co-Directors: Michelle Meade, PhD | Michael McKee, MD, MPH

Center for Global Health Equity
Director: Joseph Kolars, MD

Center for Health Communications Research
Directors: Lawrence C. An, MD | Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH

Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy - CHOP
Director: Andrew M Ibrahim, MD, MSc

Center for Molecular Imaging
Director: Brian D. Ross, PhD

Center for RNA Biomedicine
Directors: Nils Walter, PhD | Mats Ljungman, PhD

Center for Sleep Science
Director: Ronald D Chervin, MD, MS

Chad Carr Pediatric Brain Tumor Center
Directors: Carl Koschmann, MD | Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD

Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
Director: Daniel J. Clauw, MD

Cognitive Health Services Research Program
Director: Deborah A. Levine, MD, MPH

Domino Research Center
Director: John R. Traynor, PhD

e-Health & Artificial Intelligence Program - e-HAIL
Co-Directors:  Rada Mihalcea, PhD | Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc

Endowment for Basic Sciences - EBS
Directors: Phyllis I. Hanson, MD, PhD | Bethany Moore, PhD

Frankel Cardiovascular Center - Research
Directors: Kim A Eagle, MD | Peter K Henke, MD, FACS, FAHA | Himanshu Patel, MD | David J Pinsky, MD

Frankel Innovation Initiative
Director: Keith Gran, CPA, MBA

George M. O'Brien Michigan Kidney Translational Core Center
Director: Subramaniam Pennathur, MD

Geriatrics Center
Director: Raymond Yung, MD

Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
Director: Melvin G. McInnis, MD, FRCPsych

Injury Prevention Center
Directors: Patrick Carter, MD | Douglas Wiebe, PhD

Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation - IHPI
Director: John Ayanian, MD, MPP

International Center for Automotive Medicine - ICAM
Director: Stewart C. Wang, MD, PhD

Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research - JI
Directors: Joseph Kolars, MD, MACP | Jiadong Zhan, MD Zhan, PhD

Kresge Hearing Research Institute - KHRI
Director: Gabriel Corfas, PhD

Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center
Director: James R. Baker, Jr, MD

Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation
Director: Kevin Ward, MD

Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction - MiCHAMP
Directors: Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH | Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc, AGAF

Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - MADC
Director: Henry L. Paulson, MD, PhD

Michigan Biology of Cardiovascular Aging - MBoCA
Director: Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MD, PhD

Michigan Center for Translational Pathology - MCTP
Director: Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research - MICHR
Director: Julie Lumeng, MD

Michigan Institute for Imaging Technology and Translation - MIITT
Directors: Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD | Nicole Seiberlich, PhD

Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction - MiCHAMP
Directors: Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH | Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc, AGAF

Michigan Integrative Musculoskeletal Health Core Center - MiMHC
Director: Karl J. Jepsen, PhD

Michigan Neuroscience Institute - MNI
Director: Ravi Allada, MD

Neuronetwork for Emerging Therapies - Mneuronet
Director: Eva Feldman, MD, PhD

Pancreatic Disease Initiative
Directors: Timothy R Frankel, MD | Costas A Lyssiotis, PhD

Pelvic Floor Research Group - PFRG
Co-Directors: James A. Ashton-Miller, PhD | John O.L. DeLancey, MD | Janis M. Miller, PhD

Perinatal Mental Health Services & Policy Program
Director: Kara Zivin, PhD

Program for Mental Health Innovation, Services and Outcomes - MHISO
Director: Paul Pfeiffer, MD, MS

Rogel Cancer Center Research
Director: Eric Fearon, MD, PhD

Skin Research Center
Director: Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD

Stanley and Judith Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health - Frankel IHBH
Director: Anthony Rosenzweig, MD

Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center - CHEAR
Interim Director: Jeremy Adler, MD, MSc

Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research
Director: Roger Albin, MD

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