Research Centers & Labs

Research Centers

The Department of Internal Medicine has direct affiliation with a number of research centers on campus.

Core Center for Clinical Research

The MUSC P30-funded Improving Minority Health in Rheumatic Diseases (IMHeaRD) Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) provides unique resources to enable and advance clinical and translational research designed to improve the health of individuals with rheumatic diseases.

Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)

Focused on research, training, and outreach surrounding racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and rural/urban disparities in health, the Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) is one of the leading centers of its kind. 

Digestive Disease Research Center

The mission of the Medical University of South Carolina Digestive Disease Research Center (MUSC DDRC) is to enhance research infrastructure and expand research capacity to enable outstanding, collaborative biomedical research in digestive and liver diseases. 

Gazes Cardiac Research Institute

The Gazes Cardiac Research Institute one of the nation's leading centers for heart failure research. 

Research Labs

Cardiology

• Lab of Amy Bradshaw, Ph.D.
• Lab of Catalin Baicu, Ph.D.
• Lab of Kristine DeLeon-Pennell, Ph.D.
• Lab of Federica del Monte, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lab of Valerian Fernandes M.D.
• Lab of Daniel P. Judge, M.D.
• Lab of Donald R. Menick, Ph.D.
• Lab of Ryan Tedford, M.D.
• Lab of Michael R. Zile, M.D.

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

• Research Group of B. Joesph Elmunzer, M.D., MSc (Clinical)
• Lab of Don Rockey, M.D. (Basic and Clinical)

Infectious Diseases

• Lab of Scott Curry, M.D. (Translational) 
• Lab of Susan Dorman, M.D. (Clinical)
• Lab of Eric Meissner, M.D., Ph.D. (Basic)

Nephrology

• Lab of Joshua H. Lipschutz, M.D.
• Lab of Oleg Palygin, MSc, Ph.D.
• Lab of Justin Van Beusecum, Ph.D.

Pulmonary & Critical Care

• Critical Care Research
• Lung Biology Research Center
• Rare Lung Disease
• Thoracic Oncology Group

Rheumatology & Immunology

• Lab of Galina S. Bogatkevich, M.D., Ph.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Ph.D. (Basic and Translational)
• Lab of Melissa Cunningham, M.D., Ph.D. (Basic and Translational)
• Lab of Gary Gilkeson, M.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Stanley Hoffman, Ph.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Diane Kamen, M.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Tamara M. Nowling, Ph.D. (Basic)
• Lab of Jim Oates, M.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Richard M. Silver, M.D. (Translational)
• Lab of Betty Pei-tie Tsao, Ph.D. (Basic and Translational)