Research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Driving continuous improvement by translating what we learn into what we do.
Our Research
A learning health care system generates discoveries and creates partnerships with patients, providers, and communities that apply evidence-based innovations to improve health, patient care, health care education, quality, safety, experience and value.Such approaches include:
| Improve Health | Patient Care |
| Health Care Education | Quality |
| Safely | Experience |
| Value |
Dean's Research Symposia Series
Watch the Dean's Research Symposia video series featuring Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center investigators sharing bold thinking, latest discoveries and their passion to improve health.Institutionally Supported Centers and Institutes
Interdepartmental organization units focused predominantly on translational, clinical and/or basic science research which facilitates development of a common, focused research agenda aligned with strategic priorities, coordinating contributions from multiple disciplines (other centers, divisions/departments, and programs).
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Center for Biomedical Informatics
Strengthening Wake Forest's research, education and clinical missions through the pioneering of biomedical informatics
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Hypertension and Vascular Research Center (HVRC)
Targeting the translation of cutting-edge scientific advances to the patient and community at large through team based innovative research.
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Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma
Funding research, education and advocacy to help improve the care and treatment injured kids receive across the U.S.
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Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Providing research infrastructure to this leading health care system that is at the forefront of translating scientific discoveries.
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Comprehensive Cancer Center
Multidisciplinary and translational research allowing researcher collaboration to take the most promising discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic.
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Critical Illness, Injury and Recovery Research Center (CIIRRC)
Seeking to improve the burden of critical care-related disorders on human health through innovative research.
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Center on Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Aiming to improve the lives of people with diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders through basic, clinical and translational research.
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Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)
A leader in translating scientific discovery into clinical therapies.
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Center for Integrative Medicine
Providing comprehensive, evidence-based care with a focus on improving overall health and well-being through innovative research and training.
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Center for Precision Medicine
Fostering collaborative interdisciplinary research into the causes of common human disorders, such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other aging-related morbidities.
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Center for Redox Biology and Medicine
Aiming to improve the knowledge of redox processes contributing to diseases through innovative interdisciplinary research.
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Center for Addiction Research
Offering pilot awards for competitive studies in the area of substance use and addiction.
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Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Our mission is to foster vitality, independence and resilience throughout the lifespan by promoting optimal physical and brain health.
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Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging
Working to improve the efficacy and safety of vaccines aimed at preventing and treating disease in the very young and very old through innovative research.
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Center for Healthcare Innovation
Improving patient outcomes through innovation.
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Cardiovascular Sciences Center
Aims to integrate the breadth and strengths of cardiovascular research, train the next generation of cardiovascular investigators and connect outstanding research faculty and clinical care providers for rapid translation of knowledge.
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Wake Forest Translational Alcohol Research Center
A NIAAA-funded P50 Center grant that seeks to identify behavioral and neural adaptations that underlie vulnerability and resilience to alcohol use disorder (AUD).
Shared Resources and Cores
By centralizing the equipment and expertise of faculty and technicians in a common facility, the services can provide maximum benefit and leverage across the institution as support for a multitude of investigators.Research Core Facilities are important to the research mission for effective and efficient use of:
- Specialized skills
- Expensive and/or complicated equipment
- Standardized services
Shared Resources and Cores
Research Core Facilities and Departmental Shared Equipment resources are part of the research infrastructure and are located across the institution.
Research Labs
Faculty investigators throughout Wake Forest University School of Medicine utilize state-of-the-art laboratories and interdisciplinary resources to further enhance research finding and advancements in care and treatment options to better the health of the population.