UC’S 10-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH
The University of Cincinnati is the leading R1 urban university in our region with unrivaled talent solving problems that matter. We are rigorously pursuing the next culture of research and actively transforming society through game-changing knowledge and disruptive discoveries.
UC’S 10-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH
The University of Cincinnati is leading urban, public universities into a new era of innovation and impact through its strategic direction, Next Lives Here.
TOP 3%
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES
Institutions of higher education in the US as measured by those having >$50M in annual research expenditures
77% UP
INCREASE IN RESEARCH EXPENDITURES
U.S. Institutions of higher education R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18
$432M
AVERAGE ANNUAL R&D EXPENDITURES
U.S. Institutions of higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18
NATIONAL PROMINENCE
GOAL
Top 25 Public Research University
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
Galvanizing our mission to serve the public good
INVEST IN SUCCESS
Recruit and Retain Top Talent
Innovate the Research Infrastructure
Cultivate & Grow Programs of Excellence
INVEST TO ADVANCE
Urban Futures Pathway
Rethinking the Where
Coalition for Change
IMPACTFUL RESEARCH
GOAL
Improving People’s Lives
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
Foundational Partnerships to Solve Real World Problems
THE NEXT CULTURE
OF RESEARCH
LEADERSHIP
Underscoring UC’s power of creativity, ingenuity, invention and intellectual inclusion, Reuters counted it among the most innovative institutions of higher learning in the world.
Neville G. Pinto
PRESIDENT
John Weidner
INTERIM PROVOST
Patrick Limbach
Vice President for Research
RESEARCH RAINMAKERS
25 YEARS CONSECUTIVELY FUNDED
University of Cincinnati faculty who have received sponsored awards for 25 years.
MEDICINE
Zalfa Abdelmalek
Professor Emeritus, Dermatology
CECH
Victoria Carr
Professor, Education
MEDICINE
George Deepe
Professor, Internal Medicine
Engineering & Applied Science
Ephraim Gutmark
Professor, Aerospace Eng & Eng Mechanics
MEDICINE
Christy Holland
Professor, Internal Medicine
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Jay Kim
Professor – Emeritus, Mech Eng and Materials Eng
MEDICINE
Tiina Reponen
Professor – Emeritus, Environmental and Public Health Science
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
James Swanson
Assoc Professor, Civil & Arch Eng & Const Mgmt
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Chong Ahn
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MEDICINE
Laura Conforti
Professor, Internal Medicine
Pharmacy
Pankaj Desai
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Arts & Sciences
William Heineman
Adj Researcher, Chemistry
MEDICINE
David Hui
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
MEDICINE
John Lorenz
Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neurobiology
MEDICINE
Carol Rice
Professor – Emeritus, Environmental and Public Health Science
MEDICINE
Glenn Talaska
Professor – Emeritus, Environmental and Public Health Science
MEDICINE
Steven Boyce
Professor Emeritus, Surgery
MEDICINE
Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska
Professor, Cancer Biology
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
Kimberly Downing
Director, Institute for Policy Research
Engineering & Applied Science
Arthur Helmicki
Assoc Dean, Graduate Studies
Engineering & Applied Science
Victor Hunt
Assoc Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MEDICINE
Francis McCormack
Professor, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
Kenneth Sherman
Professor – Emeritus, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
Michael Thomas
Director – Academic Med, Obstectrics & Gynecology
MEDICINE
Joseph Broderick
Professor, Neurology & Rehabilitation
MEDICINE
William Davidson
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
MEDICINE
Fred Finkelman
Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
James Herman
Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neurobiology
MEDICINE
Winston Kao
Professor – Emeritus, Ophthalmology
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Peter Nagy
Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Eng & Eng Mech
Engineering & Applied Science
Andrew Steckl
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
MEDICINE
Laura Woollett
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
20-24 YEARS FUNDED
University of Cincinnati faculty who have received sponsored awards for 20-24 years.
MEDICINE
Caleb Adler
Professor, Psychiatry
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Raj Bhatnagar
Professor, Computer Science
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
Sarah Couch
Professor, Rehab, Exercise & Nutrition Science
MEDICINE
Zhongyun Dong
Professor – Emeritus, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
David Fleck
Professor, Psychiatry
EXEC VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & PROVOST
Lawrence Johnson
Professor – Emeritus, Exec VP for Academic Affairs & Provost
MEDICINE
Grace Lemasters
Professor – Emeritus, Environmental and Public Health Sciences
MEDICINE
James Lockey
Professor – Emeritus, Environmental and Public Health Sciences
MEDICINE
William Miller
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
Eric Rademacher
Director, Institute for Policy Research
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Vesselin Shanov
Professor, Chemical & Env Engineering
MEDICINE
Alan Smulian
Professor, Internal Medicine
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Ranganadha Vemuri
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
VP STUDENT AFFAIRS
Cheri Westmoreland
Director of Academic Enrichment & Outreach, Academic Excellence & Support Service
MEDICINE
Jagjit Yadav
Professor, Environmental and Public Health Sciences
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Philip Argyres
Professor, Physics
MEDICINE
Michael Borchers
Professor, Internal Medicine
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
Nancy Creaghead
Adj Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
Kari Dunning
Professor, Rehab, Exercise & Nutrition Science
PHARMACY
Gary Gudelsky
Professor – Emeritus, Pharmaceutical Sciences
MEDICINE
Pamposh Kaul
Professor, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
Alex Lentsch
Director – Academic Med, Environmental and Public Health Sciences
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Mingming Lu
Professor, Chemical and Env Eng
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Ali Minai
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MEDICINE
Jo El Schultz
Assoc Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neurobiology
MEDICINE
Elizabeth Shaughnessy
Adj Professor, Surgery
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
George Sorial
Adj Instructor, Chemical & Env Eng
MEDICINE
Susan Waltz
Professor, Cancer Biology
MEDICINE
David Wieczorek
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
MEDICINE
Jun-Ming Zhang
Professor, Anesthesiology
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Rupak Banerjee
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
David Butler
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Theresa Culley
Interim Assoc Dean
CECH
Robin Engel
Adj Instructor, Criminal Justice
Engineering & Applied Science
Vadim Guliants
Professor, Chemical & Env Eng
MEDICINE
Brett Kissela
Director – Academic Med, Neurology and Rehabilitation
MEDICINE
Anthony Leonard
Adj Assoc Professor, Biostats, Health Inform & Data Sci
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
T. Douglas Mast
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
MEDICINE
Andrew Norman
Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neurobio
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Mark Schulz
Professor, Mech Eng and Materials Eng
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Paula Shear
Professor, Psychology
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES
Makram Suidan
Professor – Emeritus, Chemical & Env Eng
MEDICINE
Hong-Sheng Wang
Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neurobiology
ARTS AND SCIENCES
L.C.R. Wijewardhana
Professor, Physics
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Richard Beck
Professor, Geography
MEDICINE
Charles Caldwell
Professor, Surgery
MEDICINE
Kermit Davis
Professor, Environmental and Public Health Science
MEDICINE
Carl Fichtenbaum
Professor, Internal Medicine
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Awatef Hamed
Professor – Emerita, Aerospace Eng & Eng Mechanics
MEDICINE
Robert Krikorian
Professor – Emeritus, Psychiatry
OFFICE OF RESEARCH
Patrick Limbach
VP for Research
MEDICINE
Robert McNamara
Professor, Psychiatry
MEDICINE
David Plas
Professor, Cancer Biology
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Alan Schwartz
Professor, Physics
ENGINERRING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Donglu Shi
Professor, Mech Eng and Materials Eng
MEDICINE
Jeffrey Sussman
Professor, Surgery
MEDICINE
Yi-Gang Wang
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
MEDICINE
Ying Xia
Professor, Environmental and Public Health Sciences
MEDICINE
David Bernstein
Professor – Emeritus, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
Jose Cancelas-Perez
Professor – Hoxworth Blood Center
MEDICINE
Melissa Delbello
Director Academic Med, Psychiatry
MEDICINE
Andrew Filak Jr.
Dean – Emeritus
ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
Milind Jog
Professor, Mech Eng and Materials Eng
MEDICINE
John Kues
Professor – Emeritus, Family Medicine
MEDICINE
Min Liu
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
MEDICINE
Mario Medvedovic
Professor, Biostats, Health Inform & Data Sci
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Michal Polak
Professor, Biological Sciences
MEDICINE
Kim Seroogy
Professor – Emeritus, Neurology and Rehabilitation
CECH
Paula Smith
Assoc Professor, Criminal Justice
MEDICINE
Joel Tsevat
Professor, Internal Medicine
MEDICINE
Jeffrey Welge
Professor, Psychiatry
MEDICINE
Meifeng Xu
Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine
*Funding Data from FY 1997 to 08/05/25 (FY 2026)
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
“I am thrilled about UC’s Research2030 plan, it is a massive investment that further shows the University’s commitment to the grand goals for their students.“
“Working with UC scholars and mentors has allowed me to expand my knowledge of subjects in my field has been extremely influential as I pursue my future goals.”
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