UHealth/Miller Research: Advancing Patient Care

The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) is powered by the groundbreaking research taking place at the Miller School of Medicine.

UHealth patients benefit from the latest discoveries – discoveries that are fast-tracked from our labs to our clinics where they are used by top physicians to treat a wide variety of diseases and disorders.

Recent Medical Breakthroughs

Research is a complex, costly and time-consuming endeavor. But the investment pays huge dividends in terms of our ability to understand and treat heart disease, cancer, diabetes, paralysis, and many other diseases and disorders.

Healing Through Innovation

Exciting new developments in UHealth research include:

• Stem Cell
• Alzheimer’s Disease/Miami Institute of Human Genomics
• Diabetes Research Institute
• Researchers at UMHC/Sylvester have identified a new molecule that recognizes a virus infection and initiates the signal to generate an immune-system response – a discovery that could lead to the treatment of viral cancers.

Clinical Trials

The process of expediting laboratory discoveries to clinical trials is the distinguishing feature of university-based care, and UHealth has more than 1,500 active clinical research studies currently underway – all in an effort to uncover the most effective treatments for our patients.

These studies are taking place in departments across UHealth including cardiology, hepatology, and obstetrics and gynecology, as well as in UHealth’s world-renowned centers and institutes such as:

• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
• Batchelor Children’s Research Institute
• Diabetes Research Institute
• The Miami Institute for Human Genomics
• Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
• UMHC/Sylvester

Clinical Research: Benefits for Patients

UHealth physicians are keenly aware of the value of clinical research and communicate with investigators to find out which patients are best suited for the study. As a patient participating in clinical research, you’ll be able to:

• Access therapies and drugs that are not yet widely available.
• Help physicians and scientists gain greater knowledge that will ultimately benefit many people.

To learn more about the clinical research trials available at the University of Miami Health System, please click here. Included on each clinical trial page is the purpose of the study, eligibility and criteria, physicians and researchers involved in the study, and local contact information.

Taking Research to the Next Level

The ability to fast-track promising research from scientific laboratories to patients' bedsides is taking a huge leap forward at UHealth with the addition of several impressive new facilities:

• Clinical Research Building – Opened in 2007 and home to more than 300,000 square feet of clinical research space.
• Biomedical Research Building – A state-of-the-art, 188,000-square-foot research facility scheduled to open in _late 2008.
• UM Innovation Life Science Park – This new world-class facility will offer the scientific and biotech communities unparalleled opportunities for collaboration on groundbreaking research and innovation…all under one roof.