Mayo Clinic Research Facts and Advances

An Unbroken Circle

Mayo Clinic conducts research to discover new treatments and improve patient care. Clinical practice observations become the basis for research studies, and the findings from research flow back into the practice to improve patient care and outcomes. It's an unbroken circle — with physicians, physician-researchers and career scientists working as teams to change the future of medicine.

Mayo Research Facts

• Total FTEs employed in research: 3,216
• Total individuals working in research: more than 5,000
• Research and review articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 4,640
• New protocols reviewed by Institutional Review Board: 2,500
• Active human research studies: 7,725
• Active grants and contracts: 4,253