Research
Research is an integral component of the College of Human Medicine, transforming our teaching and clinical environment. Discovery keeps us on the leading edge of medicine, as Spartans dedicated to improving health for all people.
Our focus is on both clinical research that can be practically applied, as well as the critical research in the basic sciences on mechanisms underlying human diseases.
As a community-based medical school with researchers embedded across the state of Michigan, we are working together for the common good.
Impact and Innovation
See how Spartans are improving the lives of people in Michigan and around the world.
MSU researchers find early, promising glioblastoma treatment
Henry Ford + MSU researchers collaborate to shift pancreatic cancer outlook from bleak to bright
Biomedical and Computational Research
The MSU Grand Rapids Innovation Park is a high energy, collaborative and outcomes-based health ecosystem aimed at advancing human health. Within the College of Human Medicine's state-of-the-art Grand Rapids Research Center (GRRC), 33 principal investigators and their research teams study neurodegenerative diseases, pediatric neurology, autism, cancer, genetics, women's health and reproductive medicine and more. Computational research in the Doug Meijer Medical Innovation Building includes the use of artificial intelligence for drug repurposing.
Breakthroughs from the Medical Mile
Bachmann's pioneering DFMO research leads to FDA approved lifesaving cancer drug
New therapeutic offers hope for patients with Parkinson's disease
Public Health Research
The Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health is the first academic department to be co-developed and co-governed in partnership with the communities it serves. Based at the college's Flint campus, researchers focus on population health. The Department’s research, teaching, and outreach are intervention- and action-focused, involving direct health policy advocacy. MSU's community participatory research enables faculty to understand the community's needs and address Flint's most pressing public health issues. Since 2014, public health researchers have been awarded over $220 million in externally sponsored grants for community research.
Public Health Research in Action
New Research Shows Cash for Moms and Babies Improves Health, Stabilizes Families, and Saves Millions
MSU researchers develop app to improve postpartum health for rural and at-risk mothers