The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is
consistently ranked as one of the top medical centers in the country. Its
quality of care, acclaim for the University's research efforts, and
biomedical innovations, have made the medical center a leading academic and
clinical institution. With over 1.5 million square feet of research space,
and $130 million in research funding, the medical center comprises one of
the largest research facilities in the world.
The University of Miami School of Medicine, founded in 1952,
has already established a research enterprise which the National Institutes
of Health ranks in the top 30 percent of the country's 125 medical
schools with regards to research funding awarded. The medical school's
1,000-plus full-time faculty members and an additional 400 research
personnel conduct clinical and basic science research crossing all
disciplines, from epidemiology and pediatrics to AIDS, psychiatry and the
neurosciences.
|
