Research
Understanding the cardiovascular system, improving cardiovascular care
Once upon a time, being diagnosed with heart disease or a blood vessel condition meant sure death, or a life of suffering and worry, for both adults and children.
Today, many of those same conditions can be cured, managed or even prevented with medicines, surgery, diagnostic tests, procedures and lifestyle changes.
How did we get from there to here? Through research.
And how will we get to the next level of life-saving and life-enhancing cardiovascular care? Through research.
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center helps lead the nation in all forms of research on the heart and blood vessels, and the diseases that affect them. Our millions of dollars in research funding supports a wide variety of projects and programs that break new ground in our basic understanding of the cardiovascular system, and in the delivery of care to patients nationwide. And our Center's cooperative atmosphere helps break down the administrative and geographic barriers that have limited interactions between researchers in different fields.
Whether it's in the laboratory, in the clinic, in the operating room or in a diagnostic or procedures suite, our researchers are working to make things better for patients today, and tomorrow. Their work falls into three main categories: Clinical Research, Health Services & Outcomes Research, and basic Laboratory Research.
Our researchers succeed in winning millions of dollars in competitive grants from federal and state agencies, foundations, industry and professional societies. But increasingly, the support of individual donors is needed to help support projects in their earliest stages and to help them grow. For instance, the McKay Grants program, made possible by donations, funds promising new projects by our young researchers. To learn how you can give to support our research, visit our Make a Gift page.
