Research Centers & Institutes

Several research institutes/centers are housed within the college.

• The Center for Experimental Therapeutics & Pharmacoinformatics promotes interdisciplinary research, education and training and fosters local community collaboration to develop state-of-the-art pharmacoinformatics and in-sillico drug screen methodologists through computational exploration of chemical diversity space and the relationship to biological activities.
  
  
• The Heart and Kidney Institute researches the pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment of certain cardiovascular disorders while fostering collaborative research efforts among scientists from UH and other Texas Medical Center institutions.
  
  
• The Institute for Drug Education and Research serves as a vehicle to educate Ph.D. and Pharm.D./Ph.D. students and postdoctoral associates specifically in the areas of drug delivery and pre-clinical/clinical pharmacokinetics; perform translation research in the development of drug delivery systems for anticancer agents and drugs for other indications; and provide consultation services to the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals and research institutions.
  
  
• The Institute of Community Health (ICH) fosters an interdisciplinary environment where investigators can conduct basic, clinical and translation research that will advance knowledge in the field of community health, infectious diseases (primarily HIV/AIDS), promote health and prevent diseases.