In This Guide
Research Planning
Doing Research
Disseminating Research
Research Lifecycle
Library Resources
- Research Data Service
A campus-wide program that provides the Illinois research community with the expertise, tools, and infrastructure necessary to manage and steward research data.
- Savvy Researcher Calendar
Take your educational experience into your own hands and learn new skills here at the Scholarly Commons. Try out new software and strategies that you can later incorporate in your research and teaching. Plus realize you are not alone in your research woes as you meet people from across campus facing similar conundrums, like choosing the right reference manager, getting started with GIS, conducting usability tests, and so much more!
Campus Resources
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Institutional Animal Care and Use CommitteeThe USDA Animal Welfare Act and the NIH Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Animals require that institutions conducting research with animals establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The IACUC provides oversight and helps ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, and policies governing the care and use of research and teaching animals.
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Research Software Collaborative ServicesResearchers can request support from the Research Software Collaborative Services Group. Our experts provide access to deeper expertise in the areas of supporting diverse research applications and research software development through successful, meaningful collaborations between the developer and the researcher.
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Research Supuport CommunityThis community is a way to bring all of those experts together, creating a wide support network for one another. All in an effort to streamline the support experience of our campus researchers – getting people to the experts and solutions they need more quickly and easily by working together.
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Campus Research BoardThe Illinois Campus Research Board was established in 1932 to serve the campus as a conduit for the distribution of funding to support full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty members’ research projects and creative activities.
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Illinois ExpertsIllinois Experts provides access to over 2,000 Illinois researcher profiles through an online, searchable portal, updated weekly from the Scopus abstract and citation database.
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OPRS - Office for the Protection of Research SubjectsThe Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS), while performing administrative functions of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), serves as the official oversight office for human subject research at Illinois. The office is the central point of contact for investigators, research subjects, and regulatory agencies.
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OVCR - Office of the Vice Chancellor for ReserachThe Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) leads, enables, and supports research initiatives, technology commercialization and knowledge transfer at the University of Illinois. The OVCR has policymaking and oversight responsibility for the research mission and works collaboratively with the academic colleges and other administrative units to lead new research initiatives and to facilitate the ongoing scholarly endeavors of faculty, staff, and students.
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Office of Technology ManagementOffice of Technology Management provides responsive, professional services to ensure the results of research are successfully transferred outside the university to drive economic growth in the State of Illinois and benefit the general public.
Types of Research for Medicine & Health
Basic Sciences Research
Basic research asks fundamental questions about how life works. Scientists study cells, genes, proteins, and other building blocks of life. What they find can lead to better ways to predict, prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. more about Basic Science Research
Clinical Research
Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects. Clinical researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are developing advanced methods for studying the fundamental mechanisms of inherited and acquired genetic disorders. more about Clinical Research
Epidemiological Research
The basic epidemiological study designs are cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies. Cross-sectional studies provide a snapshot of a population by determining both exposures and outcomes at one time point. Cohort studies identify the study groups based on the exposure and, then, the researchers follow up study participants to measure outcomes. Case-control studies identify the study groups based on the outcome, and the researchers retrospectively collect the exposure of interest. From: Introduction to Epidemiological Studies
Medical Education Research
Medical education research (MedEd) seeks to enhance understanding of educational systems and policies in order to address issues, support teaching through innovation, and assess the culture, climate, and impact of medical education. more about MedEd Research
Historical Research
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History of Medicine (NLM)From National Library of Medicine - Resources and Services for history of medicine research
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Center for the History of Medicine (Harvard)Enabling the history of medicine and public health to inform healthcare, the health sciences, and the societies in which they are embedded