Labs, Centers, Programs, and Projects
The following represents only
those UW labs, centers, programs, and projects that have provided
the addresses for inclusion here. How to request a link on this page.
- Access Technology Lab (ATL) -
Provides consulting and access to computing for students,
faculty and staff with disabilities.
- Addictive
Behaviors Research Center (ABRC)
- Advanced
Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS) - An FAA
Center of Excellence - a consortium of academic institutions,
aerospace companies and government agencies.
- AIDS Clinical
Trials Unit
- Air Pollution
Training Center
- Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI)
- Alzheimer's
Disease Research Center (ADRC)
- Amauta
Global Training Program in Health Informatics
- APEC Emerging
Infections Network (APEC EINet)
- Applied
Biomechanics Laboratory
- Applied Physics
Laboratory
- Astrobiology -
Astrobiology is the study of life on Earth in order to better
understand where and how to look for it elsewhere in and beyond
the solar system. This interdisciplinary graduate training
program is funded in part by the National Science
Foundation.
- Back Pain Outcome
Assessment Team
- Beacons of
Excellence Project - Behavorial and Emotional Assessment
and Curriculum for the Ongoing Needs of Students.
- Behavioral
Research & Therapy Clinics (BRTC)
- Biocomputing
Laboratory (BCL) - In the Computing and Software Systems
Program of the UW Bothell campus.
- British Library
/ UW Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project - Founded in order
to promote the study, editing, and publication of a unique
collection of fifty-seven fragments of Buddhist manuscripts on
birch bark scrolls, written in the Kharosthi script and the
Gandhari (Prakrit) language that were acquired by the British
Library.
- UW Burn
Injury Rehabilitation Model System
- Burns and
Plastic Surgery
- Business and
Economic Development Center (BEDC)
- Campus Computing
Labs
- Cardiovascular
Research & Training Center - The mission of this
cardiac imaging research laboratory is to develop and apply
accurate methods for quantitative cardiac image analysis and
patient monitoring.
- Cascade Center - A
training resource dedicated to improving the quality of public
service management.
- Center for Advanced Research Technology
in the Arts and Humanities (CARTAH)
- Center for
Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property
(CASRIP)
- Center
for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research
(CAHDR)
- Center for AIDS
and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Center for
American Politics and Public Policy
- Center for Child
Environmental Health Risks Research
- Center for
Conservation Biology - Using innovative research, education
and public outreach to address the impacts of human disturbance
on threatened and endangered species throughout the world.
- Center for Cost
and Outcomes Research (CCOR) - An effort of the School of
Public Health and Community Medicine, and the School of
Medicine.
- Center for Digital Arts and Experimental
Media (DXARTS)
- Center for
Disability Policy and Research (CDPR)
- Center for
Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, NIEHS
- Center for
Enabling New Technologies through Catalysis (CENTC)
- Center for
Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)
- Center
for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics
(CENPA)
- Center for
Expression Arrays (CEA)
- Center for
Genomics and Public Health (UWCGPH) - Established through a
cooperative agreement with the Association of Schools of Public
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, UWCGPH's goal
is to develop a regional hub of expertise for using genetic
information to improve health and prevent disease.
- Center for
Health Education and Research (CHER)
- Center
for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education
- Center on Human
Development and Disability (CHDD)
- Center for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
-
Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education
(CIRGE) - Located in the College of Education. Our aim is to
establish empirical bases for trend assessment, policy
decisions, and innovation in graduate education though studies
on graduate and postdoctoral education at local, nation, and
international levels.
- Center for
Instructional Development and Research (CIDR)
- Center for
International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR)
- Center for
Internet Studies
- Center for
Labor Studies
- Center for
Law, Commerce, & Technology
- Center on
Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR)
- Center for
Multicultural Education
- Center for
Nanotechnology
- Center for
Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC)
- Center for
Public Health Nutrition (CPHN)
- Center on Reinventing Public
Education (CRPE)
- Center for
Research on Families
- Center for
Research in Reproduction and Contraception
- Center for
Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR)
- Center for
Spanish Studies
- Center for
Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS)
- Center for Studies in
Demography & Ecology (CSDE)
-
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
- Center for Sustainable
Forestry at Pack Forest (CSF-PF) - Used for graduate and
undergraduate academic programs, research, conferences,
continuing education and public outreach.
- Center for
Urban Horticulture
- Center for Urban
Simulation and Policy Analysis (CUSPA) - Pursues research
and development of open-source, software-based simulation tools
for integrated planning and analysis of urban development,
incorporating the interactions between land use,
transportation, and public policy.
- Center for
Videoendoscopic Surgery (CVES)
- Center for
Water and Watershed Studies (CWWS) - Includes the former
Center for Streamside Studies and the former Center for Urban
Water Resources Management.
- Center for
West European Studies (CWES)
- Center for
Women's Health and Gender Research (CWH&GR) - Funded by
the National Institute for Nursing Research (NIH) and one of
seven Center grants in the U.S.
- Child Health
Institute (CHI)
- Climate and
Community Project - Covers three interrelated priorities of
the College of Arts and Sciences and the University: building
community, improving climate, and achieving diversity.
- Clinical
Nutrition Research Unit (CNRU)
- Columbia Basin
Research
- Comparative
Law and Society Studies Center (CLASS)
- Comprehensive
Center for Oral Health Research (CCOHR) - Focusing on the
origin of oral and craniofacial health and susceptibility to
disease in children.
- UW Consortium
for Geographic Information and Analysis (UWCGIA)
- Consortium for Risk
Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation II (CRESP
II)
- Core Center
for Gene Therapy
- Cystic Fibrosis
Research and Development Program (CF RDP)
- Developmental
Biology Group (DBG)
- Developmental
Biology Training Grant (DBTG) - Provides 3-year
traineeships to graduate students studying developmental
questions on a competitive basis. Students from both the
College of Arts and Sciences and the Medical School are
eligible.
- Developmental Speech
Physiology Lab - Dedicated to the study of the development
of articulatory, laryngeal, and respiratory coordination for
speech and other oromotor behaviors.
- Diabetes
Endocrinology Research Center (DERC)
- Diabetes in
Pregnancy Program
- DO-IT - Access to science,
engineering, and mathematics academic programs and careers for
students with disabilities.
- Early
Childhood Education - Total Quality Outreach
- UW Earth
Initiative
- East Asia
Center
- Education at
a Distance for Growth and Excellence (EDGE)
- End of Life
Care Research Program
- UW
Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB)
- Environmental
Health Library
- European
Union Center
- Fetal Alcohol
and Drug Unit (FADU) - A research unit dedicated to the
prevention, intervention and treatment of Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE).
- Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network (FAS DPN)
- Fire
& Mountain Ecology Lab
- UW Fish
Collection
- Friday Harbor
Laboratories
- UW Gear Up
Project - Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs.
- General Clinical
Research Center (GCRC)
- UW Genome
Center (UWGC)
- Global
Business Center
- Global Health
Resource Center (GHRC)
- Global Trade,
Transportation, and Logistics Studies (GTTL)
- Halbert and
Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars
- Harborview
Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) - One of the
premier institutions researching how and why people suffer
injuries and what can be done to prevent them. The Web site
provides information for researchers, the general public,
educators and links to information on injuries on the Web.
- Harborview
Medical Center Interpreter Services Department (ISD)
- Harborview
Medical Center Respiratory Care Department
- Health
Promotion Research Center (HPRC) - The CDC-funded (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention) HPRC conducts research,
training and dissemination projects in conjunction with
community partners to promote the overall health and well-being
of Northwest communities--especially older adults.
- Health
Sciences Academic Services & Facilities Educational
Technology Services (HSAS&F ETS)
- HIV Prevention
Trials Unit (HPTU) - Member site of the HIV Network for
Prevention Trials, focusing research in vaccine, perinatal,
microbicide/barriers/STDs, and behavioral interventions.
- Human
Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab)
- Human Rights
Education and Research Network (HRERN)
- Human Services Policy Center
(HSPC) - Improving the well-being of children and families by
promoting collaborative and preventive approaches to service
across the bounds of professions.
- ImageCORE
Microscopy Facility
- Incorporated
Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
- Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
- Institute on
Aging
- Institute for
Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) - An intramural
funding source for University faculty.
- Institute for
International Policy (IIP)
- Institute for
Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS)
- Institute for
Nuclear Theory
- Institute for
Public Health Genetics (PHG)
- Institute for
Risk Analysis and Risk Communication (IRARC)
- Institute
for Transnational Studies
- Instructional
Resources Office - In the Business School.
- Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Internet Political Economy
Forum (IPEF)
- Joint Institute
for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
-
K30 Clinical Rsearch Training Program
- Landscape
Management Project
- Language
Learning Center
- Math Sciences
Computing Center (MSCC)
- Microscale Life
Sciences Center (MLSC)
- Middle
East Center
- Molecular
Diagnosis, Microbiology Section - Nucleic acid-based
approaches for identifying pathogens and diagnosing infectious
diseases.
- Nancy Bell Evans Center
on Nonprofits & Philanthropy - The aim of the Nancy Bell Evans Center is
to enhance the understanding and vitality of the nonprofit and philanthropic
sector through research, education, and community engagement.
- National ESCA
Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems (NESAC/BIO)
- A surface analysis instrumentation resource for biomedical
research funded by the National Center for Research Resources
of the National Institutes of Health.
- National
Research Center for Statistics and the Environment
(NRCSE)
- National
Simulation Resource for Circulatory Mass Transport and
Exchange (NSR)
- Native
American Law Center - Promoting a better understanding of
Indian law and policy in order to facilitate legal and
institutional improvements among tribal, state and federal
governments.
- N-Body
Shop - In the business of designing and running software
that enables high-performance computing on a variety of
astronomy-related problems, including large-scale structure
formation and planet formation.
- Northwest/Alaska Center
to Reduce Oral Health Disparities (NACROHD)
-
Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
- Northwest
Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health
- Northwest Center for
Public Health Practice
- Northwest
Environmental Forum
- Northwest Regional Center of Excellence
for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Occupational
and Environmental Medicine Program - Provides comprehensive
training for an academic career in the clinical practice of
occupational and environmental medicine and in occupational and
environmental health research and training.
- Occupational
Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program
- Olympic Natural
Resources Center (ONRC) - Fostering and supporting research
and education to provide sound scientific information on which
to base sustainable forest and marine industries, and at the
same time sustain ecological health.
- Pacific
Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
(PNASH)
- Pacific Northwest
Center for Geologic Mapping Studies (GeoMapNW)
- Parenting
Evaluation Treatment Program (PETP) - Trains mental health
professionals to conduct parenting evaluations and co-parent
counseling in family law cases.
- Physics
Shops - Provide precision electronic, glass, and machining
services to the academic research community.
- Precision
Forestry Cooperative
- Prematurity
Prevention Program
- Prenatal
Genetics and Fetal Therapy Program
- Program on
Climate Change (PCC) - A community of scientists in
different colleges, departments, and research units, linked in
research and teaching efforts, in seminars, fellowships,
seed-grants and retreats, which focus on global and regional
aspects of climate change.
- Program for
Educational Transformation Through Technology (PETTT)
- Program on
the Environment(PoE)
- Quantum System
Engineering Group
- Quaternary
Isotope Laboratory (QIL)
- Quaternary
Research Center (QRC)
- Rare
Plant Care and Conservation Program
- Resource
Center for Health Policy (RCHP) - Facilitates exchanges of
information, translates research and science into health policy
practice, and disseminates policy-relevant information.
- Resource
Facility for Population Kinetics (RFPK)
- UW Restoration
Ecology Network (UW-REN)
- Rome Center
- Located in the Palazzo Pio in the historic center of Rome,
Italy. Site resources include guides to studying and living in
Rome, a calendar for related current events in Rome and
Seattle, and a comprehensive link section.
- Runstad Center
for Real Estate Studies
- Rural
Girls in Science - Young women from rural Washington high
schools share experiences and advice about their
community-based science projects. The Northwest Center for
Research on Women sponsors the program with funding from the
National Science Foundation.
- Rural Technology
Initiative
- Russian, East
European, and Central Asian Studies Center (REECAS)
- School Law
Division
- Science
Controversies On-Line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE) -
An educational research project investigating the learning
opportunities associated with current scientific controversies.
SCOPE is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
- Simpson Center
for the Humanities - Provides support for interdisciplinary
research in the humanities; sponsors conferences, lectures,
special projects, and provides information on
humanities-related events.
- Social
Development Research Group (SDRG)
- South
Asia Center
- Southeast Asia
Center
- Speech and
Hearing Clinic - The mission of the clinic is to be a
center of excellence in education, research, and clinical
practice within the community serving speech, language, and
hearing needs.
- Stand
Management Cooperative (SMC)
- Statistical
Consulting Services
- Superfund
Basic Research Program
- Transportation
Northwest (TransNow)
- Turing
Center - Investigating problems at the crossroads of
natural language processing, machine learning, Web search, and
the Semantic Web.
- Undergraduate Fuel Cell
Research
- Urban
Ecology Project - An empirical study of the impact of urban
development patterns on ecological conditions in the Greater
Seattle Area. The Urban Ecology Research Lab is a joint project
through the departments of Urban Design and Planning, Landscape
Architecture, Civil Engineering and the Division of Ecosystem
Science at the UW.
- UWired
- UWired
Health Sciences
- UWOnCue
- An interactive drama educational resource.
-
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab
- Virginia
Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center - A communication
focal point among basic and clinical scientists to facilitate
the sharing of ideas and information for the collective
advancement of auditory science and patient care.
- Volcano Systems
Center (VSC)
- Washington Assistive Technology
Alliance
- Washington NASA
Space Grant Consortium - Supports science, mathematics and
technology education and aerospace science and engineering
research for learners of all ages.
- Washington
State Transportation Center (TRAC)
- Washington
Technology Center
- Whiteley Center
- The Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center offers a serene environment
that is conducive to thought and creative activity. The Center
is designed to accommodate work by scholars in solitude as well
as creative interaction within small teams of collaborators.
The Center provides an institutional setting where humanists
and scientists can work together on issues of common interest,
where faculty can prepare manuscripts and seminars, where
artists can plan cultural exhibits and performances, and where
scholars with diverse interests can find collegial
interaction.
- Wind River
Canopy Crane Research Facility
- Women's
Center
- Writing
Centers
- WWAMI
Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)
- WWAMI
Rural Health Research Center (RHRC)
- Yeast
Resource Center (YRC)
