Collaborations
Carle investigators are leading research with collaboration—seeking valuable partnerships and affiliations to better understand the underlying science behind specific issues, igniting new ways of thinking and finding meaningful solutions through new technologies. Reducing the barriers between traditional scientific and technological disciplines allows our medical staff to collaborate with scientists in academia and industry in the search for breakthrough discoveries to improve healthcare.
We welcome all opportunities for collaboration.
University of Illinois
Carle and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an original land-grant university founded in 1867 and one of the country’s top public research universities, share a research affiliation agreement.
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
For over 30 years, Carle has partnered with the Beckman Institute to harness the full potential of our combined research capabilities. Working together, our organizations conduct research at the frontiers of modern science, bringing together clinicians and scientists to encourage tomorrow's discoveries, today.
Cancer Center at Illinois
The University of Illinois and Carle have a biomedical research alliance to create innovative translational solutions in diagnostics, imaging, materials, and drug delivery. Illinois and Carle researchers share space in the Biomedical Research Center at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, working jointly to address cancer health.
Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center
Carle Health and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign together launched the Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center in 2019. The center is home to the jointly owned and operated Siemens MAGNETOM Terra 7 Tesla MRI scanner, one of the first 7T scanners nationwide to be used for both research and clinical imaging of patients.
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Created in 2015 as a partnership between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Carle Health, the Carle Illinois College of Medicine is the world’s first engineering-based medical school. Together, this partnership trains physician innovators to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered while fostering the development of meaningful research ideas.
Affiliations
National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program
Carle is one of only 32 U.S. healthcare providers to receive the designation as a National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). As an NCORP member, Carle oncologists join a national network of researchers dedicated to conducting high-quality, state-of-the-art clinical studies in local community settings. This designation gives our patients access to nationwide studies while staying close to family, friends, support systems and local doctors. View the list of our affiliate sites.
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Carle is a member of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, a scientific network of academic and community-based cancer centers and hospitals in the United States and around the world that designs and conducts cancer research involving adults who have or are at risk of developing cancer.