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Advancing Medicine:
Health Research at URMC

Every day, health research (also called clinical research) at the University of Rochester Medical Center is helping us find better ways to treat and prevent disease, while providing new ideas to help us all live healthier lives.

In the world of health and medicine, clinical research is the way progress is made. This web site will tell you about the many good things our research is doing. And it will explain the simple steps you can take to get involved in clinical research yourself.

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What is Health Research?

Learn the basics about health (or clinical) research and how it leads to better medical treatments and ways to live healthier.

How to participate

What are the steps for taking part in a clinical research study? Our guide makes it simple.

Helping the world

From curing disease to making exercise more effective, clinical research is having an impact.

Clinical Research studies happening now

Get the complete list of Clinical Research Studies at the University of Rochester Medical Center.