Contact: Ellen Bank
843.792.2626
May 14, 2003
New evidence of MUSC’s continuing climb in rankings among
the nation’s top academic medical centers was just released by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) in its funding comparisons of the nation’s
125 medical schools. Several of MUSC’s departments ranked in the top 20 in the agency’s
report which examines NIH funding support to medical colleges for FY 2002. These
rankings are posted on the NIH website http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/medschc.htm. MUSC departments ranked in the top 20 nationally are: Overall, during the five-year period from FY 1997 to FY 2002, NIH reports that
total support to all MUSC College of Medicine departments has moved up 15 notches
in the rankings, from 64th place to 49th place. Or in dollar figures, total
NIH funding during the period increased 168%, from $25.3 million in 1997 to
the current figure of $67.3 million. Cumulative research awards for the entire university for FY 2002 total $131.1
million. This also includes NIH awards to MUSC’s other colleges and research
support from the state of South Carolina, corporations and foundations.
• Otolaryngology, 11th nationally and first in the Southeast with $2.3
million in funding
• Ophthalmology, 15th nationally and 3rd in the Southeast with $3.4 million
in funding
• Anatomy and Cell Biology, 16th nationally and 5th in the Southeast with
$8 million in funding
• Psychiatry, 19th nationally and 5th in the Southeast with $11.7 million
in funding
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