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Research and clinical trials
Offering Hope and Changing Lives
Welcome to Spectrum Health Office of Research and Education! Through our innovative clinical research studies, we gain insights and answers to advance new preventions, treatments and sometimes cures. We serve as a gateway for researchers to advance science and clinical knowledge. Our basic, clinical and translational research brings the most advanced care to our patients and community.
Patients are taking more active roles in decision-making about their health. We bring the world of research discovery to the bedside and take our patients experiences into the lab. We are proud to engage them as active partners in the research process.
Clinical research is a vital component to caring for our community. Our culture promotes innovation and collaboration with academic, industry, government and philanthropic partners. Research is the intersection of hope, innovation and science.
Research Centers of Excellence
The Spectrum Health Office of Research and Education is committed to clinical excellence and believes it is important to provide a culture of innovation and medical advancement as part of the research mission at Spectrum Health.
As part of this commitment, four Research Centers of Excellence (COEs) launched in 2021. These COEs will provide focus for investigator-initiated research taking place at Spectrum Health. The COEs will stimulate clinical research, promote innovation and drive investigator-initiated research at increased levels of speed and efficiency for researchers.
Genomics & Precision Medicine
Treatment and prevention that considers individual variability in genes, environment, socio-cultural dynamics and lifestyle.
Cognitive and Behavioral Health
Cognitive and Behavioral Health Cognitive and behavioral science is a systems-based neuroscience approach for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of emotional, behavioral and developmental problems and disorders.
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Study of the human immune system as it monitors the body for altered cells, foreign pathogens and abnormal cellular events, including chronic inflammation; provides ability to prevent, treat and better understand respiratory illnesses.
Technology in Health Care
Harness technology to improve how we understand and treat specific diseases.
The Future of Health Begins With YOU
We're calling on one million people across America to join researchers and advance how we prevent and treat diseases for generations to come.
Health Equity Research
We believe research drives innovation and improves scientific and clinical outcomes for all patients across our communities.
Learn more about research at Spectrum Health
Who We Are
Learn about the Office of Research and Education
Researcher Support
Innovative health care research and new medical technologies are made possible because of partnership and collaboration
Patients
Take an active role in your healthcare by joining a research study
A rare disease diagnosis can be scary, isolating, and overwhelming. We're here to help.
It's the first clinical trial of its kind for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
A man with ALS welcomes the chance to take part in a clinical trial that aims to speed up the development of new treatments.
A rare disease diagnosis can be scary, isolating, and overwhelming. We're here to help.
It's the first clinical trial of its kind for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
A man with ALS welcomes the chance to take part in a clinical trial that aims to speed up the development of new treatments.
A rare disease diagnosis can be scary, isolating, and overwhelming. We're here to help.
It's the first clinical trial of its kind for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
A man with ALS welcomes the chance to take part in a clinical trial that aims to speed up the development of new treatments.
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Learn more about how to get involved with clinical trials