Biomedical Research
Osteopathic and allopathic physicians and scientific investigators conduct biomedical research to understand the causes of diseases and to develop treatments and preventive measures to advance patient care and safety. While biomedical research has led to many years of groundbreaking treatments, it is needed more now than ever as new diseases emerge that threaten the health and safety of various populations.
Are you interested in becoming an osteopathic physician-scientist? Explore the career option of an osteopathic physician-scientist and the biomedical research programs available through the member colleges of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) that are training the next generation of scientists and physicians.
- The Importance of Physician-Scientists in Today’s Medicine
- Osteopathic Physician-Scientist Training
- Osteopathic Physician-Scientist Training Programs by State
- Key Resources for Prospective and Current Physician-Scientist Students
Building Communities
AACOM has several councils, committees and special interest or affinity groups comprised of faculty, administrators, staff, students, physicians and other professionals in the osteopathic medical community who work in biomedical research or support scientific investigators at their colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs).
Group members receive benefits such as leadership and professional development, networking opportunities, collaboration and recommendations rooted in evidence-based outcomes on how to improve or advance biomedical research programs at their COMs.
Consider joining one of these vital AACOM groups.
Osteopathic Physician-Scientists Engagement Network (OPEN)
This AACOM interest group, composed of administrators, physician-scientists, DO/PhD program directors and trainees, supports and promotes the development and nurturing of physician-scientists by representing the interests of DO/PhD programs and research-focused osteopathic physicians and trainees throughout the continuum of their research careers.
Council of Osteopathic Researchers (COR)
AACOM's Council of Osteopathic Researchers (COR) supports and coordinates medical education research efforts, focusing on teaching/learning issues as well as institutional research at osteopathic medical schools.
Recent Research News
Amber Healy, DO, Appointed to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors
AACOM nominee Amber Healy, DO, was appointed to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Healy is a diabetologist and clinical professor at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She will serve a six-year term with the opportunity for reappointment. PCORI strengthens the nation's health evidence base by funding patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research that informs health and healthcare decision making. Dr. Healy is the second osteopathic physician ever appointed to the board. Read AACOM's press release for more information about Dr. Healy's appointment.
"Osteopathic medicine shaped how I practice: whole person, prevention first, with the patient's own goals in the room. I'm honored to carry that perspective onto the PCORI Board of Governors, where decisions about research priorities affect patients like the ones DOs see every day."
– Amber Healy, DO, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine