Cardiovascular Research Institute

The Cardiovascular Research Institute was established in 1998 when the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved changing the name from the Microcirculation Research Institute which was established in 1981. The name change reflected the expanding scope and role of the scientists' work. The purpose of the cardiovascular science faculty is to foster communication and collaboration among faculty involved in cardiovascular research, education, and training. As part of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, the institute is made up of four divisions: Vascular Biology, Molecular Cardiology, Molecular Medicine and Lymphatic Biology.

Center for Airborne Pathogens Research and Tuberculosis Imaging Resources

The Center for Airborne Pathogen Research and Tuberculosis Imaging Resources is a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional organization that combines the expertise of researchers that investigate pathogens that are principally transmitted via an aerosol route. Within this Center are experts with animal and molecular pathogenesis models as well as technology and instrumentation to perform cutting edge research. Particularly unique to the Center is the application of this technology to high containment agents and extensive experience with the Madison Chamber aerosol delivery system. This center is also the home of the innovative Tuberculosis Imaging Resources project to develop real-time optical imaging solutions for tuberculosis and make them accessible to the scientific community. The primary rationale and goals of the Center are to provide valuable resources, technology and collaborations that foster unique opportunities in research and education.

Center for Health Systems and Design

The Center for Health System and Design was established in collaboration with the Texas A&M University System College of Architecture to coordinate interdisciplinary research and education programs that transfer technology developed by disciplines outside medicine into health care. The center supports programs for graduate student training in interdisciplinary approaches to problems in health care facility design and development. The center has undertaken programs that incorporate units of study from public health and preventive medicine, health care economics and medical sociology. The center studies ways to increase understanding of the effects of health care facility design and planning on the organization and delivery of care through health services research.

Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery

The Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery (CMDD) is a multidisciplinary faculty group from five colleges with the capability to design and test delivery of pharmaceuticals. Ongoing research includes basic and applied microencapsulation technologies for biomedical use, controlled release drug delivery systems, non-biomedical applications in nanotechnology, molecular biology assay systems, and microcapsule products for petrochemical, agricultural and environmental control industries. Associate members of the CMDD include researchers from other universities, the Institute for Research, Inc., Houston, Texas; and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance

An unprecedented interest in sports medicine and sports science has occurred over the past several years. It is now recognized that there is a fundamental scientific foundation for the training of athletes, both to improve performance as well as to reduce the risk of injury or reinjury. New surgical techniques allow athletes to return to competition sooner and with minimum effect on subsequent performance. New training techniques and an improved understanding of the nutritional needs of the athlete has resulted in substantial improvements in athletic performance. The Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance (ISMHP) serves as a central administrative structure to facilitate an active interchange among scientists and the practitioners (strength and sport conditioning coaches, athletic trainers, health and wellness coordinators, clinicians and rehabilitation specialists), and as a first-class research and teaching facility at Texas A&M University.

Institute for Ocular Pharmacology

The Institute of Ocular Pharmacology is conducting research to benefit individuals who suffer from age-related and other conditions of the eye. Its research includes the delivery of drugs to the eye through the eyeball as well as through the blood stream. It is the first institute of its kinds in the world to develop collaboration between opthamologists and pharmacologists to advance eye drug research. As an interdisciplinary organization with members from the College of Medicine and numerous other colleges and institutes, the institute studies and develops formal mechanisms as the molecular level.