Each of the Centers at Washington University in St. Louis provides a focal point for researchers with diverse backgrounds to pool their expertise and address a shared interest.  Click on any of the names below to learn more.

Brain and Its Vasculature (Principal Investigator, Marc Raichle)

Bright Institute (Bridging Research with Imaging, Genomics, and High Throughput; Co-Directors, Helen Piwnica-Worms, David Piwnica-Worms)

Center for Applied Research Sciences (CARS; Director, Sam Klein)

Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI; Director, Rakesh Nagarajan)

Center for Biological Systems Engineering (CBSE; Director, Rohit Pappu)

Center for Clinical Imaging Research (Director, Pamela Woodard)

Center for Depression, Stress and Neuroimaging (Director, Yvette Sheline)

Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology (Director, Eric Leuthardt)

Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Disorders (CIMED; Director, Colin Nichols; Co-Director, Jeanne Nerbonne)

Center for Musculoskeletal Research (Director, Linda Sandell)

Center for the Study of Itch (Director, Zhou-Feng Chen)

Central Institute for the Deaf (CID; Executive Director, Robin Feder)

Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (Knight ADRC; Director, John Morris)

Children's Discovery Institute (CDI; Director, Alan Schwartz)

Conte Center for Neuroscience of Mental Disorders (Director, Deanna Barch)

Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC; Director, Jean Schaffer; Co-Director, Daniel Ory)

Genome Center (Director, Richard Wilson)

Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging (Director, Nancy Morrow-Howell)

Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (Director, Alison Goate)

Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration (Directors, Alison Goate, David Holtzman)

Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS; Director, Bradley Evanoff)

Institute for Public Health (Director, Edward Lawlor)

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC; Director, Terrie Inder)

Missouri Alcohol Research Center (MARC; Director, Andrew Heath)

McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (Director, Charles Zorumski)

McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience (Director, Steve Petersen)

Multiple Sclerosis Center (Director, Anne Cross)

Neurofibromatosis Research Center (Director, David Gutmann)

Neuroimaging Informatics and Analysis Center (NIAC) (Director, Dan Marcus)

Neuroscience Blueprint Core (NBC) Center (Principal Investigator, David Holtzman)

NINDS Center Core for Brain Imaging (Director, Dan Marcus)

Pain Center (Director, Rob Gereau)

Research Center for Auditory and Vestibular Studies (Director, Richard Chole)

Sansone Center for Well Being (Director, Robert Cloninger)

Siteman Cancer Center (Director, Tim Eberlein)

SPOTRIAS (Specialized Program of Translational Research in Acute Stoke; Principal Investigator, Colin Derdeyn)

Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center (Directors, Colin Derdeyn, Jin-Moo Lee, Greg Zipfel)

Vision Research Coordinating Center (Principal Investigator, Mae Gordon)