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Medical Research

Polio vaccine. Balloon angioplasty. The science of genomics.

Researchers at medical schools and teaching hospitals represented by the AAMC are responsible for these and many other medical breakthroughs. As major centers of medical research, the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals conduct more than half of all extramural research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. From new approaches in prevention and diagnosis to successful treatments and cures, research advances pioneered at AAMC-member institutions dramatically improve the health of our nation.

Featured AAMC Initiatives

Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health
This report calls on medical schools and major research universities to develop and implement institutional financial conflicts of interest (COI) policies within the next two years, and to refine standards for addressing individual financial COI.

Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and Their Research Advisors
These guiding principles are intended to support the development of a positive mentoring relationship between the pre-doctoral student and their research advisor.

Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences
This annual award honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease that has contributed to the substance of medicine.

Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Fogarty International Center offers one-year clinical research fellowships for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries.

Fulfilling the Promise
A joint project of the AAMC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Fulfilling the Promise campaign celebrates the collaboration between the NIH and academic medicine, and reports on the progress of research efforts to improve the nation's health.

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Related Member Groups

Advisory Panel on Research (APR)

Council of Academic Societies (CAS)

Council of Deans (COD)

Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe (FOCI Academe)

Graduate Research, Education, and Training Group (GREAT)

Group on Research Advancement and Development (GRAND)

On the Issue

AAMC Applauds Administration, Congress for Recovery Act NIH Funding; Urges Significant Annual Budget Increases to Sustain Momentum

Medical Researchers Come Together to Remind Congress: Research Means Hope

Discoveries and Innovations in Patient Care and Research

The NIH Investment in Medical Research

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