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Research

Building out a network of medical research


The ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering will benefit from and expand ASU’s trailblazing collaborations with other leading institutions in health research and technology. These cooperative efforts accelerate cutting-edge research discoveries and improve patient care through innovation, and can transform medical education to enhance health outcomes at individual, community and national levels.

New research partnerships established through ASU Health will ensure that medical students have one of the strongest, most comprehensive training opportunities in the nation, preparing them to serve their patients and communities better.

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Built on a foundation of cutting-edge discovery

ASU’s commitment to research — with annual research expenditures approaching $800 million — is consistently recognized with top rankings. In 2023, the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey placed ASU in the top 5 nationally for research expenditures among universities without a medical school, ahead of Caltech, Princeton and Carnegie Mellon.

That same commitment will fuel the pace of discovery and innovation in the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, as will the university’s groundbreaking model of transdisciplinary research. The ASU 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.

Transdisciplinary research means that every ASU unit dedicated to human health, engineering and technology has the potential to contribute to and benefit from collaboration with ASU Health.

Health research across ASU