• About Research
• Why is Research Important?
• Who Performs Clinical Research?
• Who Participates in Clinical Research?
• Why Does Clinical Research Need Volunteers?
• Multicultural Research Participation
• Participant Resources and Support
• Additional Resources
• Clinical Researcher Highlights
• Glossary of Clinical Research Terms
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Cancer Research
• Diabetes Research
• Metal Health Research

Additional Resources

Across the University of Michigan, many different organizations help make clinical research possible. We have specialized centers for certain diseases or groups of diseases, organizations that help researchers conduct their studies, and oversight bodies that make sure research is carried out with respect for participants and in accordance with the law.

Visit these links to learn more about each!

• Michigan Institue for Clinical & Health Research
• Cardiovascular Center
• Center for Integrative Genomics
• Center for Sleep Science
• Children in research
• Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
• Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
• Dental Health Research
• Depression Center
• Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
• Michigan Clinical Research Unit
• Geriatrics Center
• HIV/AIDS Treatment Program
• Institutional Review Board - Health Sciences & Behavioral Sciences
• Institutional Review Board - Medical School (IRB-MED)
• Kellogg Eye Center
• Kresge Hearing Research Institute
• Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Division (weight loss, diabetes, acromegaly)
• Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
• Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center
• Michigan Integrative Medicine program (complementary & alternative medicine)
• Michigan Transplant Center
• Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
• Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
• Nicotine Research Laboratory
• Program for Understanding Neurological Diseases (ALS, neuropathy)
• Stroke Program
• UM Depression Center
• U-M Vice President for Research
• Wilson's Disease Center of Excellence
• Women's Health Center - Women's Health Research

Resources Beyond U-M

• Army of Women
• Centerwatch.com (operated by Thomson Corporation)
• Clinicaltrials.gov (U.S. government database)
• Clinical Trials online tutorial from Medline Plus/National Institutes of Health
• Food and Drug Administration Clinical Trials page
• Healthfinder (U.S. government database)
• Medicare Clinical Trials Coverage
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Patients Like Me
• Should I Enter a Clinical Trial? (For seriously ill adults, from the nonprofit ECRI agency)
• ResearchMatch
• We Search Together