Centers and Institutes

Center for Excellence in Critical Care

The Center for Excellence in Critical Care (CECC) is an alliance of healthcare practitioners and researchers committed to improving the care and outcomes of the critically ill patient through research, education and outreach.

Antibiotic Pharmacodynamic Research Institute

The Antibiotic Pharmacodynamic Research Institute (APRI) is located at the University of Minnesota in the new McGuire Translational Research Facility. APRI is interested in characterizing the in vitro pharmacodynamics of antibiotics in development. In general, we conduct studies that systematically evaluate the pharmacodynamic profile of an agent.

Epilepsy Research and Education Program

The mission of the Epilepsy Research and Education Program is to generate, disseminate and apply knowledge about the causes, epidemiology, management and treatment of epilepsy and related seizure disorders.

Center for Orphan Drug Research

The Center for Orphan Drug Development is a new research center dedicated to drugs for rare (or "orphaned") diseases. In addition to scientific research, the Center includes education and policy development in its service mission.

Center for Forecasting Drug Response

There is a wide variability in patient response to drugs. It is imperative to better understand this inherent variability and strive to choose and dose drugs more appropriately. The mission of the Center for Forecasting Drug Response is to offer core expertise in the pharmaceutical sciences to clinical investigators across the University of Minnesota that will facilitate advanced pharmacokinetic, pharmcodynamic, pharmacometric and pharmacogenomic study design, data analysis and interpretation of results.