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Research Areas
Medical Research at PCOM

PCOM faculty, staff and students conduct basic, translational, clinical, community-based, psychosocial and education research. Learn about our research focus areas and activities below.

Research Focus Areas

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Researchers looking through electronic microscopes.

Macro shot of heart model

CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY SYSTEMS

Physician assistant helping administer a vaccine to a patient at a health clinic

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH FACULTY FELLOWSHIP

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DRUG DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND UTILIZATION

Emergency vehicle lights shown at a distance

Graphic render of microscopic bacteria and virus

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Healthcare professional assists a patient to conduct an allergy test.

INFLAMMATION, ALLERGY AND AUTOIMMUNITY

A doctor holds pills and medical marijuana sprouts.

MEDICAL CANNABIS

PCOM South Georgia students learning in a classroom

MEDICAL EDUCATION

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NUTRITION, OBESITY AND DIABETES

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ORGANISMAL AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

PCOM faculty teaching DO students OMM techniques

OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE

Stylized artwork of bone and joint pain.

Medical student learning next to a plastic torso model with organs

PATHOLOGY AND ANATOMY

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PRECISION MEDICINE AND THE NIH ALL OF US PROGRAM

Family Medicine doctor and staff interacting with child and parent

Stylized artwork of human brain with interconnected dots.

Macro shot of muscle and bone diagram in a medical textbook.

SKELETAL MUSCLE

A researcher writes a note.

STARTUP COMPANIES

Monochrome macro photograph of human eye, but the iris is colored in a rainbow spectrum.

Macro shot of patient's hand being bandaged by a nurse.

WOUND HEALING AND TISSUE REGENERATION