Research Centers | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

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 that improve health and wellness in minority and poor populations. By promoting strategies that create synergy in research teams and between investigators and the community, CDU creates novel best practice solutions to transform the health of underserved communities that can be used as innovative models throughout the nation and the world.

CDU’s Research Enterprise includes a wide range of Research Centers and Research Institutes. These include:

Accelerating
eXcellence In
translational Science
(AXIS)

Clinical Research
Education and
Career Development
Program (CRECD)

Substance Abuse
Disorders Research
Training Program
(SART)

Clinical and
Translational Science
Institute (CTSI)

CDU/UCLA Cancer
Center Partnership
to Eliminate Cancer
Health Disparities

UCLA/CDU Center
for AIDS Research
(CFAR)

Research Centers in
Minority Institutions
Translational
Research Network

NIH/NIMHD
Endowment
resulting in Urban
Health Institute

Black Maternal
Health Center of
Excellence

Center for Biomedical Informatics