Primary Care Research Institute

Our dynamic research portfolio addresses chronic disease, medical practice transformation, patient safety and addiction medicine, among other topics.

Our funded faculty research projects enhance community health and the quality of patient-centered primary care.

Our faculty are among the nation’s most prolific family medicine research authors, and our work is featured in the field’s leading journals.

Our department is ranked seventh within the UB medical school for research funding.

In our department, you’ll collaborate with accomplished researchers on primary care studies that aim to improve the delivery and utilization of health care in our region and beyond.

Our department houses and affiliates with a number of research centers and institutes.

The clinical trials our faculty conduct build knowledge about a wide spectrum of conditions and improve the quality of care for people in Western New York and around the globe.

The Primary Care Research Institute (PCRI) brings together clinicians, health services researchers and other experts to address the common but complex issues surrounding contemporary health care.