Research

Members in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine are involved in cutting edge research related to critical illness in children. Our research includes bench research using animals and tissue culture models, translational, clinical, quality improvement and health services research. Areas of interest include the host immune response in critical illness, the effect of genetic variants on severity of critical illness, hypothermia, epigenetics, ECMO, innovative device technologies, optimization of prehospital transport and patient safety, long term outcomes and quality of life after critical illness and injury. The division is supported by a highly trained and very experienced clinical research team. The Division is also actively involved in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI) and participates in studies sponsored by this group.

From trials of the first safe polio vaccine to the latest breakthroughs in treatments for neurological diseases, the University of Michigan continues to be at the forefront of pioneering biomedical research that significantly impacts human health. At $1.33 billion, the U-M is the top public university in research spending in the United States, and the Medical School is responsible for almost half of those research expenditures.

Michigan Experts is a searchable database of research expertise across disciplines from several schools/colleges or institutes at the University of Michigan. It has been developed to foster intramural and extramural collaborations, and interdisciplinary research to expand knowledge. While this tool is not comprehensive of all faculty members, nor exhaustive of individual productivity or expertise, it offers a rich representation of research talent and knowledge within the preeminent research enterprise at the University of Michigan.