Discovery Institutes
Medical College of Georgia Discovery Institutes are multidisciplinary model to speed
translational research
Augusta University's Medical College of Georgia aims to create more of those “magic
moments” through the Discovery Institutes initiative, a program aimed at speeding
up the process of turning research breakthroughs into medical treatments.
The James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute addresses specific health issues
facing Georgians and is line with one of the Medical College of Georgia’s thematic
research priorities: Vision Science. It operates under a formal structure that encourages
researchers and clinicians to collaborate on translational research.
The Georgia Cancer Center, though not formally a part of the Discovery Institutes
initiative, fills the role of a “Cancer Discovery Institute” because it follows the
multidisciplinary, translational-focused clinical research model used by the National
Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institutes.