The vision of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) Research Enterprise is to be a leading national resource for conducting clinical and translational research that produces high-quality, cost-effective, and culturally relevant solutions to improve health and wellness among minority and low-income populations. By promoting strategies that foster synergy within research teams and between investigators and the community, CDU creates novel best-practice solutions to transform the health of underserved communities, which can serve as innovative models nationwide and around the world.
CDU’s Research Enterprise includes a wide range of Research Centers and Research Institutes. These include:
Substance Abuse
Disorders Research
Training Program
(SART)
Research Centers in
Minority Institutions
Translational
Research Network
- Office of Research
- Research Administration
- Research Centers
- Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence
- Center for Accelerating Excellence in Translational Science (AXIS)
- CDU/UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD)
- Center for Biomedical Informatics
- HIV/AIDS Research – Drew CARES
- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Research Network (RTRN)
- UCLA-CDU CFAR
- Urban Health Institute
- CDU Patents
- Research Partners
- Student Research