Research

The Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center is a $57.6 million project funded with both State bonds and private funds. The 5-story building totals 205,000 square feet, houses 80 separate laboratories and a world-class scientific conference center.

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Research at Lawrence

Biomedical research, a topic of intense interest at the University of Kansas and throughout the nation, is the focus of a comprehensive plan proposed by Chancellor Robert Hemenway to build on KU's many assets to place the University among the nation's top institutions of higher education. The KU Medical Center and its Schools of Medicine, Allied Health, Nursing and Graduate Studies, and the Research Institute are an integral part of the University of Kansas, the only Carnegie Level One Research institution in the region.

Research Administration

KUMC Research Institute, Inc.
Research Advisory Council
KU Center for Research (Lawrence campus)

Compliance

Office of Compliance
For questions, issues or activities related to Human Research Protection, Animal Research Protection, HIPAA, Equal Opportunity, Research Integrity, Conflict of Interest and Research Safety.

Research Centers

Center for Biostatistics and Advanced Informatics
Center for Child Health and Development
Center for Environmental and Occupational Health
Center for Healthcare Informatics
Center for Reproductive Sciences
Center for TeleMedicine & TeleHealth
Center on Aging
General Clinical Research Center
Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE)
Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Liver Center
Smith Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
The Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology (IMFB)
The Kidney Institute
University of Kansas Cancer Center

Research Support Facilities

Bioinformatics
Biotechnology Support Facility
Confocal Imaging Center
Electron Microscopy Research Laboratory
Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory
Gene Targeting and Transgenics Facility
Histology Imaging Analysis Core
Hypoxia Core Laboratory
Laboratory Animal Resources
Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Core Laboratory
MicroArray Facility
Rodent Behavior Facility

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