Projects & Centers

Overview

Much of our research takes place in multidisciplinary centers affiliated with the Department, as well as laboratories at UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Division Research

Visit our division websites for details about individual faculty members' research.

Multidisciplinary/Translational Research Centers

Department of Medicine faculty members are leaders of major multidisciplinary and translational research centers at the University of Washington, including these:

Center for AIDS and STD

Center for Lung Biology

Center for Research in Reproduction and Contraception

Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)

Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Institute of Translational Health Sciences

Kidney Research Institute

Affiliated Research

Our faculty are affiliated with a number of research centers and projects, including the following:

AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit

Alzheimer Disease Patient Registry

Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project

Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Research Group

Cancer Consortium

Cardiovascular Health Research Unit

Cardiovascular Research & Training Center

Center for Cost and Outcomes Research (CCOR)

Center of Excellence in Women's Health

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (DERC)

Diabetic Foot Ulcers

End-of-Life Care Research Program

Epidemiology of Dementia in Older Japanese Americans (KAME)

Genitourinary (GU) Oncology Clinical Research Group

Health Promotion Research Center

Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence (HSR&D)

HIV Prevention Trials Unit

International AIDS Research and Training Program

National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders

Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Research Program

Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry

Virology Research Clinic

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