Centers & Institutes Centers and Institutes provide collaborative environments focused on a specific disease or scientific approach for interdisciplinary research initiatives. Home Research Centers & Institutes The UCI School of Medicine promotes excellence in research through facilitating collaborations, access to the most current technology and UCI's broad network of research centers and institutes. UCI School of Medicine Centers & Institutes Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine Center for Autism Research and Translation Center for Clinical Research Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism Center for Neural Circuit Mapping Center for Neuropolitics Center for Tissue Engineering Center for Translational Vision Research Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect Center on Stress & Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute Medical Education Simulation Center Research Center for Exercise Medicine Surgical Education & Research Center Surgical Education Center Vaccine Research & Development Center Special Research Programs Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Organized Research Units Cancer Research Institute Center for Virus Research Health Policy Research Insitute Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Institute for Immunology Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders Reeve-Irvine Research Center UCI Future Health Campus & Other Research Centers & Institutes Ablative Oncology Center Campus Center for Neuroimaging Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders Center for Health Care Management and Policy Center for Microbiome Science Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Center for the Study of Cannabis Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Conte Center for Brain Programming in Adolescent Vulnerabilities Epilepsy Research Center Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience Multiple Sclerosis Research Center Ovarian Cancer Center Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Tu & Yuen Center for Functional Onco-Imaging/Surgical Education Center UCI Health Diabetes Center Becoming a UCI School of Medicine Center For information on becoming a UCI School of Medicine center, please review our application process. School Center Designation Guidelines