Research

Research for health systems transformation

The John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering builds on ASU’s trailblazing collaborations with other leading institutions in health research and technology, accelerating innovation and discovery to improve health outcomes at individual, community, national and global levels.

The medical school’s partnerships provide unique opportunities not only to participate in research, but to translate discovery into deployment of new solutions. Its research agenda includes interdisciplinary solutions grounded in engineering, data and patient needs while providing pathways for students to engage in research across medical and engineering disciplines with faculty mentors and industry collaborators.

#1 in the U.S. and top 10 worldwide for global impact in research, outreach and stewardship

Solutions for health challenges of today and tomorrow

The research portfolio of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering reflects an engineering-focused approach of innovation. Major research areas include:

HonorHealth Research Institute: Accelerating discovery, translation and impact

As the research division of the school of medicine’s primary clinical affiliate HonorHealth, the HonorHealth Research Institute offers students and faculty unparalleled opportunities for collaborations that bring lab discoveries to clinical solutions — including novel drugs, devices and preventative treatments. With over two decades of innovative-care leadership and a growing portfolio of national and international clinical trials, the Research Institute is recognized worldwide for its work in investigational therapeutics, first-in-human clinical trials and translational research.

The institute brings deep expertise in oncology, cardiology, neurosciences, bariatric/GI, bioinformatics and personalized medicine, making it a destination for treatments available nowhere else — and an ideal affiliate for high-impact collaborations with the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering.

The collaboration between ASU and HonorHealth will extend to other academic, research and innovation programs within ASU Health and through active engagement with ASU's Knowledge Enterprise.

Built on a foundation of cutting-edge discovery

The John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering is supported by ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise — a robust research infrastructure that manages one of the nation’s most productive and fastest-growing research ecosystems and manages annual research expenditures approaching $904 million. ASU ranks among the top universities in the U.S. for research expenditures, and the school of medicine and engineering is positioned to amplify that impact by anchoring medical discovery in clinical relevance. Enabling a breadth and depth of interdisciplinary research across the university, the Knowledge Enterprise houses over 50 centers and institutes dedicated to human health, including the Biodesign Institute, the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, the Center for Health Information and Research, the BRAIN Center, the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, the Global Center for Applied Health Research and the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. This comprehensive scope ensures that every ASU unit dedicated to human health, engineering and technology contributes to and benefits from collaboration with the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering.

Research for health systems transformation

Solutions for health challenges of today and tomorrow

HonorHealth Research Institute: Accelerating discovery, translation and impact

Built on a foundation of cutting-edge discovery

Health research across ASU