Research at the Medical Faculty Mannheim, that means forging close links between laboratory and clinical care, testing new findings rapidly in clinically relevant settings and constantly adapting the knowledge in the light of real medical needs.

Research at the Medical Faculty and the University Hospital Mannheim is characterized by high interdisciplinarity across departments and institutes, especially between clinical research and basic research.

Five established focus areas (Comprehensive Campuses) and one research area help to shape the academic profile of the faculty.

Following the challenge posed by maladies whichg spill over the boundaries of the traditional medical disciplines, researchers and institutions from all over the faculty cooperate to profit from the highly sepcialised knowledge of their colleagues. 

The research focuses are interlinked and are characterized by strategic external partnerships, which are reflected in the Mannheim Comprehensive Campuses.

As the scientific work done in our five focus areas an one research area is well publicized, it has attracted an unusually high degree of third-party funding. Numerous DFG-funded special research areas, partnerships with federally fundes research bodies and industry, graduate colleges, research groups and clinical research groups complete the rich research landscape at the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University.