Research Core Facilities

Conquering Diseases Biorepository

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is creating a data repository of de-identified clinical information and linked patient-derived samples.  Qualified UMass researchers will have access to the samples and data associated with them. In doing so UMMS welcomes patients to participate in clinical trials at throughout the University's health care sites.  Additionally, UMMS will establish a separate database of individuals requesting information about participating in specific trials.

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Research Core Facilities

The Research Core Facilities provide shared resources that enhance the efficiency of our research and foster collaborations within UMMS and with other institutions.

Other UMMS Research Facilities

The scientific climate at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is conducive to the conduct of interdisciplinary research.  The extraordinary resourcefulness of the faculty and their commitment to excellence have contributed significantly to the success of our research initiatives.

• UMMS main campus is comprised of the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Graduate School of Nursing. Basic and clinical research is carried out in the sciences building.
• Two Biotech is a 75,000 square foot research facility in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park.
• Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute is a 50,000 square-foot research facility adjacent to Worcester State Mental Health Hospital and the Biotechnology Research Park
• Four Biotech – Level Three provides another 33,000 square feet dedicated to research.
• The Aaron Lazare Medical Research building adjacent to the campus parking garage is a 10-story, 360,000-square-foot research building.
• An integrated clinical system (UMass Memorial Health Care) that includes a 388-bed, teaching hospital on the main UMMS campus.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center is located in Waltham, MA.  Founded in 1969, it is one of the first Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (MRDDRC) and University Affiliated Programs (UAP) in the United States. Because of Eunice Kennedy Shriver's life-long commitment to improving the welfare of persons with mental retardation, the Center was named in her honor.

Massachusetts Biologics Laboratory (MBL)

The MBL, with facilities in Jamaica Plain and Mattapan, is the only publicly operated, FDA-licensed vaccine manufacturing facility in the country. Throughout their history, the MBL have introduced vaccines that are used throughout the state to prevent diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and other diseases.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center