Centers and institutes
The University of Washington is known for its strategic, multidisciplinary research. Within our extensive network of Centers and Institutes, UW researchers, staff, and students work across disciplines to extend the boundaries of knowledge. For information on establishing a center, adding or making a change to a center listing, and other information for UW Center Directors, please visit our Centers Administration page.
Spotlight on Centers: KEMi – The Kren Engineering-Based Medicine Initiative
KEMi is an $83M philanthropic contribution establishing a joint institute between the College of Engineering and UW Medicine to promote collaborations between clinicians and engineers to transform the future of health and healthcare.
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Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center
Stroke & Applied NeuroScience Center
Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, and Training (SPIRIT) Center
Surgical Outcomes Research Center
The Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
The Center for Novel Therapeutics in Addiction Psychiatry (NTAP)
The Center for Reproductive Sciences (CRS)
The Sports Institute at UW Medicine
Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care
University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies
UW Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion (NAPE)
UW Consortium for Global Mental Health
UW Institute on Human Development and Disability (UW IHDD)
UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety
UW Medicine Diabetes Institute
UW Positive Research
Veterans Affairs VISN-20 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Yeast Resource Center