NYITCOM Research Strategic Plan

Build Upon Our Strong Reputation in Research

  • Improve policies and procedures concerning the training of student researchers and project approvals; develop guidelines to help students and faculty define roles and expectations before starting research.
  • Strengthen faculty research support by bolstering faculty mentorship, expanding training workshops, improving ethical guidance, and developing easy-to-navigate resources that support high-quality research, publication, and dissemination.
  • Build a robust AI-enabled research infrastructure for the medical setting by integrating secure data systems, analytic tools, and faculty training to support responsible, efficient, and innovative use of AI. 
  • Work with the Office of Development, Alumni Relations, & External Affairs to increase visibility of NYITCOM research, secure donations that support research, and develop a plan that utilizes these funds to make NYITCOM research resilient to changes in federal and other grant support. 
  • Sustain and expand virtual research training for students and faculty in scientific methods, reading and interpreting clinical research publications, Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital health, and research ethics.
  • Develop incentives for research productivity and expand internal opportunities for financial support through seed grants, bridge funding, and programs that engage many medical students in research. 

  • Sustain research excellence in these areas through publications in high-impact journals and impactful media coverage. 
  • Increase the number of competitive external grant submissions, receive more grant awards, and thus allow NYITCOM to redirect existing research support to new initiatives. 
  • Improve the physical infrastructure of the Animal Care Facility and related policies and procedures to increase the effectiveness and capacity of this research resource. 

  • Increase the participation of NYITCOM faculty and students in research events and seminars at the newly constructed BRIIC (Biomedical Research, Innovation, and Imaging Center). 
  • Increase the number of peer-reviewed manuscripts listing BRIIC and/or NIC (New York Tech Imaging Center) in the acknowledgements and the number of grant applications with the BRIIC and/or NIC listed in the research plan. 
  • Encourage collaborations by providing internal grants. 

  • Focus clinical research on Parkinson’s Disease, Sports Medicine, and OMM Translational Research. 
  • Foster collaborations by developing patient datasets for clinical research.
  • Strengthen Health Policy and Population Health research, including work on cultural competency and health disparities.
  • Train select clinical faculty members on each campus in research methods each year, yielding a substantial increase in the number of faculty able to engage in clinical research. 
  • Ensure that a substantial number of new hires of clinical faculty come to NYITCOM with an established record of clinical research. 

  • Expand research opportunities for students across all four school years, including partnering with affiliate hospitals and research agreements with GME sites where students rotate. 
  • Develop procedures to better match students with research opportunities based on their goals, preferences for clinical specialties, and research experience and potential. 
  • Strengthen research opportunities and requirements for the recently established Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, strengthen our existing Academic Scholars and D.O./Ph.D. programs, and establish new PhD programs in Integrative Anatomy and Biomedical Sciences.