About Us

The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) was created by the Regents of the University of Michigan in November 2006 and is led by Dr. Daniel Clauw, MD. The Institute houses the Clinical and Translational Science Award. This five-year grant, the third-largest NIH award in the University’s history and the largest NIH award ever to the Medical School, builds on previous NIH investments to expand innovative programs and services in clinical research infrastructure and education. Key participants include the Medical School, Schools of Business, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, the College of Engineering, Division of Kinesiology, the Life Sciences Institute and the Institute for Social Research.

Clinical and translational research spans much of the research performed across the University of Michigan in areas related to human health. Clinical research is generally considered to mean biomedical or health related studies conducted in humans (or on material of human origin), and includes both interventional and observational studies. Translational research means research which applies discoveries generated in the laboratory to studies in humans (bench to bedside), or which speeds the adoption of best practices into community settings (bedside to practice). The MICHR is designed to serve investigators from any school within the University, performing clinical or translational research.

More than 200 faculty and almost 100 staff are working together in this effort to build clinical research resources and opportunities. In the process they are also identifying and addressing institutional barriers to clinical research.

The services and infrastructure provided by MICHR arose from a collaborative planning process that continues to this day: direct input from the investigator community is the best way to ensure our effectiveness, and we welcome comments and suggestions.

A description of physical resources for inclusion in grants is available on this website.

The UM CTSA is made possible by a grant from the National Institutes of Health—grant number UL1RR024986.