Mailing Address:
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Mailstop NB21
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195

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About Us

Welcome to Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute. Cleveland Clinic has a long-standing reputation for excellence in patient care, education and clinical and basic research. US News & World Report has consistently ranked Cleveland Clinic among the best hospitals in the USA. In 2008, it ranked Cleveland Clinic as the fourth best hospital overall in the United States and our Heart Center as the top in the nation for the 14th consecutive year.

The Lerner Research Institute is home to Cleveland Clinic's laboratory-based, translational and clinical research. Nearly 200 investigators and their teams pursue a wide range of biomedical questions. The Lerner Research Institute is a growing institution and this number increases every year. Altogether more than 1,200 scientists and support personnel work at the Lerner Research Institute. This includes more than 250 faculty-level scientists. 269 postdoctoral fellows and 175 graduate students.

Consider:

  • Research programs focus on: cardiovascular, cancer, neurologic, musculoskeletal, allergic and immunologic, eye, metabolic, and infectious diseases.
  • Lerner Research Institute is committed to academic excellence and the great majority of its faculty also have appointments at the nearby Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University and/or Kent State University. It also has created the Molecular Medicine PhD Program. More than 175 graduate students conduct their thesis research at the Lerner Research Institute.
  • NIH funding alone was an estimated $82 million in 2007. Its total research budget (external and internal sources) was $244 million in 2007.
  • The Lerner Research Institute ranked among the top 10 nationally for NIH-funding among all research institutes in 2007.
  • In 2007, Faculty research appeared in 1,196 publications, including 1,060 journal articles, 126 book chapters and 10 books. Many of these were in highly respected peer-reviewed high-impact journals.
  • Our investigators submitted 78 invention disclosures to Cleveland Clinic Innovations, resulting in 14 licenses, 20 patents and one spin-off company .
  • The research laboratories at the Lerner Research Institute are supported by an outstanding array of subsidized, state-of-the-art Core Facilities. The interactive spirit at the Lerner Research Institute makes this a truly exciting place to do research!
  • Our new Center for Genomics Research opened in early 2005. The facility places Lerner Research Institute at the forefront of this exciting area of exploration and discovery. There is nearly 670,000 square feet of laboratory and clinical research space.
  • The Lerner Research Institute is an integral part of the new Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University -- dedicated to training the next generation of physician-scientists.

In addition to basic research at the Lerner Research Institute, most clinical departments are conducting translational and clinical research, including the Cole Eye Institute and the Taussig Cancer Center. Numerous Lerner Research Institute investigators hold secondary appointments in clinical departments, and many clinicians hold appointments in Lerner Research Institute departments. The high enthusiasm for applying the latest basic scientific knowledge to clinically relevant questions leads to many fruitful collaborations and a rapid transition from benchtop to bedside.

I welcome you to the Lerner Research Institute.

Paul E. DiCorleto, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Lerner Research Institute