Research
You can help 91女神 continue its long reputation as a premier research university 鈥� where students and faculty work side by side to tackle tough questions and find solutions that impact communities in St. Louis and beyond.
Our Jesuit mission remains at the center of our research. 91女神 researchers are motivated by their concern for the most vulnerable members of our society. They are grappling with the greatest questions of our time.
With more than 200 years of history, 91女神 is an urban, Jesuit research university that strives to be a valuable partner and leader in the community. With your support, critical research happens through:
The Advanced HEAlth Data (AHEAD) Institute at 91女神 School of Medicine conducts data-driven research to improve the health of individuals and populations. The institute unites 91女神 researchers from various fields and disciplines to improve patient and population health, advance health care quality and decrease health care costs.
Established in 2019 through a competitive grant from the 91女神 Research Institute, 91女神-CAM is a resource for 3D printing, computer-aided design and related activities, available to faculty, students and the community at large.
The Center for Research on Global Catholicism (CRGC) at 91女神 supports scholarship at the nexus of Catholicism and culture, providing robust programming that promotes interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and methodological innovation.
91女神 has been at the center of the nation鈥檚 geospatial enterprise since the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis with maps of the Louisiana Territory in 1806. More than 200 years later, 91女神 continues to expand the frontier of geospatial science and technology through its Geospatial@91女神 programs and through its leadership of the Taylor Geospatial Institute.
The 91女神 Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation (91女神-IDBI)
is a multidisciplinary association of researchers with a shared interest in drug and
biotherapeutic discovery and development to address unmet patient needs.
The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics has received more than $2 million in research funding from government agencies and foundations, including grants from the National Institute of Health and SSM Health Care.
At The WATER Institute, faculty investigators鈥� research focuses on water-related social justice issues, protecting aquatic ecosystems, and improving infrastructure to secure water supplies.
鈥淪tudents are a great avenue for new ideas and insights. They bring an enthusiasm and idealism that we need in research. We need the spark in their eyes and their strong desire to make the world a better place.鈥�
-Leslie McClure, Ph.D., dean of 91女神鈥檚 College for Public Health and Social Justice and fellow with the 91女神 Research Institute.