2009 Research Report
Greetings… Even as recently as our own medical school training, we could not have imagined that surgeries would someday be performed using robotics, that for many, many patients heart disease, cancer and HIV/AIDS would become chronic health conditions instead of the rapid killers they once were, or that a person’s genetic makeup would be a factor in planning their health future or selecting one therapy over another. Yet, these are all standards of medical practice today, all made possible by biomedical research at The Ohio State University Medical Center and at other academic medical centers throughout the world. This 2009 Research Report documents another year in Ohio State’s rapid growth into one of the largest research powerhouses in the nation. Our size and single-site location are together one of our greatest strengths. We have more health sciences colleges located in close proximity to one another than any other U.S. university, and our success in obtaining NIH and other grants has advanced the construction of extensive laboratory and clinical infrastructure. The National Science Foundation ranks Ohio State 10th in total research expenditures (including the health sciences) among public and private universities, seventh among public universities, and second in industry-sponsored research. Fundamental to this progress is having a large and talented team of faculty and staff dedicated to excellence and collaboration. This creates tremendous opportunity for making discoveries that translate directly into better health care for all. We are embarking on one of the largest medical construction and renovation projects in the nation this year. We’re calling it ProjectONE and, over the next six years, this $1 billion project will include the construction of a new cancer hospital, critical care facility and interconnected designated areas for research, teaching, collaboration and reflection. This new facility is designed to promote personalized health care – the healthcare model of the future, which is personalized, predictive, preventive and participatory, based on each patient’s unique biology, behavior and environment. We encourage you to follow our progress at www.medicalcenter.osu.edu. Meanwhile, we can only imagine the advances that biomedical research will bring over the next 20 years. You can be assured, however, that Ohio State faculty and staff will focus on ”creating the future of medicine to improve people’s lives through personalized health care.”
Sincerely,
Steven G. Gabbe, MD Wiley W. ”Chip” Souba, MD, ScD Clay B. Marsh, MD Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Vice President and Executive Dean Senior Associate Vice President for The Ohio State University for Health Sciences Health Sciences Research, OSU Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, Dean, College of Medicine Vice Dean of Research, OSU College of Medicine The Ohio State University Medical Center Executive Director, OSU Center for Personalized Health Care