Gary Gilkeson, Vice Chairman for Research and Ayad Jaffa, Associate Vice Chairman for Research, are developing policies, committees, and plans in support of the following goals for fiscal year 2009. 2009 Research Strategic Goals | |
| Increase faculty involvement in setting research goals and enhancing Departmental scientific collaboration. |
| Increase NIH and other peer-reveiwed basic science research funding. |
| Increase clinical research infrastructure in coordination with new MUSC research resources. |
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Active Research Programs |
| Cardiovascular - Arrythmia, Heart Failure, Cardiac Hypertrophy |
| Emergency Medicine - Stroke, Disaster Preparedness, HIV Detection and Prevention |
| Endocrine - Diabetes, Lipids, Genetics, Macrovascular Disease |
| Gastroenterology - Esophageal, Hepatitis C, Liver |
| General Internal Medicine - Hypertension, Diabetes, Health Disparities |
| Hematology/Oncology - Cancer Trials, Angiogenesis |
| Infectious Diseases - Epidemiology |
| Nephrology - Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Function, Signaling, Kidney Physiology |
| Pulmonary - COPD, Rare Lung Disease, Lung Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis |
| Rheumatology - Lupus, Scleroderma | |
