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$95M
in extramural grants in FY24
14th
in the nation
for NIH funding to departments of internal medicine in 2024
865
published papers in 2024
530
studies currently underway
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Celebrating our 2025 internal medicine residency graduates

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What we published in May 2025

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DOM faculty lead research that helps launch first FDA-cleared blood test for Alzheimer’s disease

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