Medical School moves up 4 spots in NIH funding
McGovern Medical School has increased its National Institutes of Health funding, as evidenced by the latest Blue Ridge rankings – moving up to 53 from 57 the prior year.
An independent, nonprofit organization, the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranks medical schools and their departments by dollar amount funded by the NIH.
Sixteen of the Medical School’s 23 departments are included in the FY23 rankings, with five departments in the top 20 among their peers. These departments, and their rankings, are Anesthesiology, 12; Biochemistry, 17; Integrative Biology and Pharmacology (listed as Physiology by Blue Ridge), 14; Neurology, 17; and Neurosurgery, 4.
The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery’s ranking of 4 is the highest ranking among any McGovern Medical School Departments since FY16.
“The NIH funding increases we see across McGovern Medical School departments are a direct result of the incredible work by our faculty and research staff,” said Executive Dean John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD. “Our research of today translates to the health of tomorrow.”
The overall ranking for McGovern Medical School is 53 out of 144 medical schools. The school is listed with $112,322,968 in NIH awards, and $82,705,623 in indirect costs for FY23.