Research

Lab research

Our faculty have made important research contributions to a wide variety of common and important clinical problems. GIM faculty receive nearly $20 million annually in extramural research funding.

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Our faculty have achieved national prominence for research on a wide variety of important clinical problems such as heart disease, HIV, substance use disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, palliative care, veteran multimorbidity, global health, social drivers of health, and, more broadly, health services research and population health. Much of our research activities are housed in collaborative centers that focus interdisciplinary efforts toward a common goal: making health accessible for everyone, such as by positively impacting healthcare structures and policy.

Centers and Programs

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Cardiovascular Health Research Unit

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Center for Prehospital Emergency Care

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Provider and patient

Center for Progress in Resuscitation

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Rainier

Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety

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Medic One

 

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Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program

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Research by Theme

Addiction Medicine

Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementia

Cardiovascular Disease

Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes, and/or Reproductive Health

Epidemiology

Ethics

Genetics

Global Health

Health Equity

Health Informatics

Health Services & Health Systems

Hematology

HIV/Hepatitis C/Infectious Disease

Hospital Medicine

Medical Education

Mental Health

Obesity

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Palliative Care

Patient Communication

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Physician Wellness

Pulmonology

Women’s Health

Research news 

Mentoring researchers to improve care for older adults and families
Dr. Rashmi Sharma has been awarded a K24 award to expand her research and mentoring program focused on improving outcomes for older adults with serious illness.
Transforming systems of care to address HIV, substance use disorders in prison
Dr. Helen Jack has received funding to evaluate a new program within the Washington prison system to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder for people serving long prison sentences.
Contraceptive Development Research Center
Dr. John Amory has been awarded a $7.5 million P50 grant to establish a Contraceptive Development Research Center focused on advancing a first-in-class male contraceptive.
Women's Health Research Program
Dr. Ellen Schur has been named the inaugural leader of the UW Medicine Women's Health Research Program.
Opioid treatment programs
Dr. Judith Tsui has been awarded two grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for opioid treatment programs.
Neighborhoods and frailty in people aging with HIV
Carey Fahey has been awarded a five-year K01 grant by the National Institute on Aging to study neighborhood conditions experienced by people with HIV at different ages.