Centers

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation is organized into five research Centers. The Clinical Research Center supports more than 450 clinical trials and other patient oriented research. The National Farm Medicine Center is one of the longest-running and most successful agricultural health and safety research centers in the country. The Epidemiology Research Center contributes to medical and scientific knowledge through population-based and other epidemiologic research, and its studies have led both to improved medical care and more effective public health policies. Marshfield Clinic became recognized internationally for research in human genetics in the early 1990s with the discovery at Marshfield of short tandem repeat polymorphisms, which revolutionized the study of human genetics. Marshfield Maps became and remain today among the most reliable and widely used maps of the human genome. The Center for Human Genetics continues to advance knowledge of the structure of the human genome and the genetic basis of complex diseases, while expanding in the fields of genetic epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, and population genetics. The Biomedical Informatics Research Center has a mission of discovering new knowledge in medical informatics, providing bioinformatics and biostatistical support for a broad range of research activities; and providing stewardship of research informatics assets.