Research Service Overview
Research is a critical mission of the Yale School of Medicine. Understanding resources available to facilitate research, develop collaborations, and advance science can be enormously helpful to individual investigators and the school at large.
Clinical & Translational Research
There is great expertise in clinical research at Yale School of Medicine. Many related resources can be found across the University.
- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) helps train clinical researchers and provides infrastructure to support investigations. YCCI offers a series of courses through the Investigative Medicine Program that include: Principles of Clinical Research, Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research, Introduction to Biostatistics in Clinical Investigation, Writing Your K- or R-type Grant Proposal, and Topics in Human Investigation. The YCCI Research Services website offers an extensive array of resources to help develop and conduct clinical research and clinical trials.
- Yale Cancer Center Clinical Trials offers support for cancer or cancer-related trials. This office can connect researchers to the Yale Cancer Center Community Advisory Board, recruitment support, and marketing depending on their needs. Yale Cancer Center’s Physician and Community Engagement team can also be contacted via email for promotion needs.
Yale Animal Research
Animal research is an integral part of many investigators’ studies, as more than half of research awards to YSM have an animal use component. The University's great depth of animal research support is available to help facilitate such endeavors.
- Yale Animal Resources Center (YARC) is the University's centralized service provider for animal-based research.
- The Office of Animal Research Support (OARS) administratively supports the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and facilitates the IACUC approval process by assisting investigators with IACUC protocol preparation. In addition to reviewing and approving animal care and use protocols, the IACUC is also responsible for reviewing the entire animal program to ensure compliance with appropriate care and use standards.
Yale Ventures
Yale Ventures seeks to foster and accelerate a vibrant entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem that increases support, resources, and opportunities for Yale innovators.
Sponsored Projects
Office of Sponsored Projects
Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) helps faculty and staff in obtaining and managing sponsored awards that support scholarly activities. OSP reviews and approves proposals submitted to all sponsors; interprets, negotiates, and accepts grants and contracts for sponsored projects (externally-funded activities) funded by federal and state agencies, foundations, and other public and private sources; and provides guidance to assure proper stewardship of funds that are received.
Some of the resources offered by OSP include, but are not limited to:
Office of Physician-Scientist and Scientist Development
The Office of Physician-Scientist and Scientist Development seeks to address the practical challenges encountered at different career stages, to create community and mentorship that spans all phases of training, to ensure protected time and research support, and to foster collaborations that will drive future discoveries.