Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science performs high quality research that focuses on key health disparities issues. Under the direction of Keith C. Norris, M.D., FACP, Executive Vice President for Research and Health Affairs, the University has had tremendous growth in research with an increase in its annual research funding from $5.7 million in 1998 to $34 million in 2005. Charles Drew University now ranks in the top 7% for the level of funding from over 3,000 NIH-funded institutions and in the top 50 Private Research Universities as rated by the Center for Measuring University Performance. A recent NSF analysis (figure 1) reported US scientific publishing was flat from 1992-2001 despite increased research funding. The #1 institution in the country in publication growth over this period among the top 200 institutions by level of NIH funding, was Charles Drew University with a 127% increase (the U.S. average is <1%).
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