2008 at a Glance

The university’s sponsored research has increased 28 percent over the past five years and 267 percent over the past 10.

More than 60 percent of MCG’s $73.9 million in sponsored research funding comes from the National Institutes of Health.

National Institutes of Health funding in the MCG School of Medicine has grown approximately 119 percent since 1998.

The MCG School of Medicine ranks second among like-sized schools in direct sponsored research.

The Schools of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing have formed the MCG Interdisciplinary Practice and Research Center to optimize clinical and research initiatives in both schools.

The School of Dentistry has shown steady increases in research funding, with initiatives in areas including tissue regeneration and the effects of green tea polyphenols on conditions as diverse as cancer and autoimmune disease.

 

A Word from the Vice President

One privilege of my position is to annually compile examples of MCG’s most groundbreaking research and present it to you in this magazine, MCG Tomorrow.

The name says it all: The biomedical research we are conducting today will change the shape of health care tomorrow. “Tomorrow” is almost as literal as it is metaphorical. The university’s emphasis on translational research is moving discoveries from bench to bedside at breakneck speed. It is thrilling to know that today’s findings will, in the very near future, mean the difference between disease and wellness for scores of our citizens, and that yesterday’s breakthroughs are already improving countless lives.

Quite simply, our biomedical research bounty is yielding its fruits in real time.

I invite you to take a moment to read the details in this 2008 edition of MCG Tomorrow and ponder how MCG research may very well change your life or the lives of your loved ones. Advances in cancer, cardiology, diabetes/obesity, infection/inflammation and neurological disease are reaping incredible rewards.

Thank you for taking the time to read about and support MCG’s research. I think you will find our progress simply stunning. And we can’t wait to see what tomorrow will bring.

Sincerely,

Frank A. Treiber, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research, Associate Provost and Regents Professor of Pediatrics

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