Centers at Penn State College of Medicine

Centers must address most, if not all, of the following criteria:Fosters Multi-Disciplinary Research/Scholarship in one or more of the following ways:

• Promotes interdisciplinary teams across departments, colleges, and campuses as appropriate for its intended scope and reach

• Facilitates significant multi-investigator awards

• Includes a scope of work that bridges basic, clinical, or educational sciences as appropriate to the Center’s mission and focus

• Promotes research with a goal of creating health equity

Promotes Excellence aligning with the CoM Strategic Plan in one or more of the following ways:

• Promotes research excellence which aligns with targeted strategic research initiatives

• Supports the pro-active pursuit of extramural funding

Promotes Multi-Disciplinary Membership in the following ways:

• Attracts, maintains, and supports a diverse and committed faculty membership

• Represents varying departments, colleges, and/or university campuses

• Promotes interactions with Penn State Health (PSH) or other Penn State entities

• Engages faculty who are under-represented in medicine and science

Acts a catalyst for the College’s Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging cultural growth by:

• actively engaging persons underrepresented in health sciences in both leadership and membership roles

Enhances Faculty Recruitment and Retention in the following ways:

• Assists with identifying and recruiting new faculty

• Supports retention of high performing faculty

Fosters Faculty Development and Mentoring by providing a collaborative framework for mentoring facultyProvides Distinctive Educational Programs and Opportunities in one or more of the following ways:

• Supports development of unique educational experiences for students, trainees, staff, faculty, and/or community stakeholders

• Encourages development of programs that cross disciplines, departments, and/or colleges

Contributes to Shared (Core) Facilities: Centers may also develop and maintain special shared facilities for services, e.g., that promote basic, translational and clinical research in support of the Center’s mission.

For questions or additional information, contact the COM Centers at comcenters@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.

Interdisciplinary work is a hallmark of Penn State and is encouraged within all mission areas at Penn State College of Medicine. However, interdisciplinary work alone, does not qualify for designation as a center at Penn State College of Medicine. Applications for evaluation as a center at Penn State College of Medicine are accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis. Groups who believe their work meets the criteria for designation as a center may apply at any time.