list of centers and research institutes at george washington university list of centers and research institutes at george washington university a number of research centers and institutes are based at george washington university (gw), a university in the washington, d.c., in the united states. among these are: several centers and research institutes are part of gw's elliott school of international affairs. list of chartered centers and institutes listed by the gw's office of the vice president for research the following are listed by gw's office of the vice president for research as listed chartered centers and institutes at gw. name associated school description access, school success for english language learners, institute on graduate school of education and human development advancement of research in distance education, center for graduate school of education and human development aging, health, and humanities, center for school of nursing applied developmental science & neuroeducation, center for graduate school of education and human development asian studies, sigur center for elliott school of international affairs founded in september 1991 as an outgrowth of the institute for sino-soviet studies. it "promotes research and policy analysis on east asia, northeast asia, southeast asia and south asia through an active program of publishing, teaching, public events and policy engagement." the center is named for gaston j. sigur, jr. (1924-1995). biomedical engineering, institute for school of engineering and applied sciences biomedical sciences, gw institute for school of medicine and health sciences biomimetics and bioinspired engineering, gw center for columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of engineering and applied sciences biostatistics center office of the vice president for research biostatistics center established in 1972 as part of the university's department of statistics. the center designs, executes, and analyzes multi-center clinical trials and epidemiologic medical investigations. the center is "presently funded at over $50 million per year as the statistical center for 17 research projects," almost all of them funded by the national institutes of health. the center has 110 employees. cancer institute, gw school of medicine and health sciences capitol archaeological institute, gw columbian college of arts and sciences affiliated with the department of classical and near eastern languages and civilizations. its director is gwu professor of archaeology eric h. cline. the institute conduct fieldwork at various sites, including megiddo and tel kabri in israel; bir madkhur, jordan; the say kah maya center in belize; koobi fora in kenya; and oaxaca in mexico. communitarian policy studies, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences competition law center school of law complex litigation and civil procedure, james f. humphreys center for school of law computational biology institute office of the vice president for research computer graphics, institute for school of engineering and applied sciences coregulator biology, institute of school of medicine and health sciences corporate responsibility, institute for school of business crash analysis center, national school of engineering and applied sciences crisis, disaster and risk management, institute for school of engineering and applied sciences cyber center for national & economic security office of the vice president for research cyber security policy & research institute school of engineering and applied sciences dc metro tobacco research and instruction consortium (metric) milken institute school of public health documentary center columbian college of arts and sciences part of the center for innovative media within the gw's school of media and public affairs. it sponsors a programs devoted to documentary education, production, and exhibition. nina gilden seavey is the founder and director of the center. the center was established in 1990. economic research, center for columbian college of arts and sciences education policy, center on graduate school of education and human development eleanor roosevelt papers project columbian college of arts and sciences emergency medicine, ronald reagan institute of school of medicine and health sciences equity and excellence in education, center for graduate school of education and human development ethnographic research, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences european, russian, and eurasian studies, institute for european union research center elliott school of international affairsschool of business evaluation effectiveness, midge smith center for columbian college of arts and sciences excellence in public leadership, center for college of professional studies first federal congress project columbian college of arts and sciences global health, center for milken institute school of public health global and international studies, institute for elliott school of international affairs global center for political engagement college of professional studies global media institute office of the vice president for research global women's institute office of the vice president for research health care quality, center for milken institute school of public health health policy forum, national office of the vice president for research health policy research, center for milken institute school of public health health workforce research center, gw milken institute school of public health homeland security policy institute office of the vice president for research human paleobiology, center for the advanced study of columbian college of arts and sciences the center for the advanced study of human paleobiology (cashp) describes mission as "to undertake research that addresses fundamental problems in human evolution." faculty come from multiple gw departments. cashp also houses gw's human paleobiology graduate program. the center contains seven laboratories: evolutionary neuroscience, hard tissue biology, hominid paleobiology, primate behavioral ecology, primate genomics, social cognition, and stone age archaeology. immigrants in america, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences injury prevention and control, center for school of medicine and health sciences innovative media, center for columbian college of arts and sciences integrating statistics in decision sciences, institute for school of business intellectual property studies, dean dinwoodey center for school of law intelligent systems research, center for school of engineering and applied sciences international economic policy, institute for elliott school of international affairs the institute for international economic policy (iiep) houses gw's master's programs in international trade and investment policy (itip) and international development studies (ids). the institute has four "signature initiatives": climate adaptation in developing countries, ultra-poverty initiative, global economic governance for the 21st century, and "g2 at gw" series on china's economic development and u.s.-china economic relations. stephen c. smith is the current director. international science and technology policy, center for elliott school of international affairs latino health research center columbian college of arts and sciences law, economics, and finance, center for (c-leaf) school of law magnetics research, institute for school of engineering and applied sciences massively parallel applications and computing technology, gw institute for (impact) columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of engineering and applied sciences see massively parallel (computing). materials science, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences mathematical sciences, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences medieval and early modern studies institute, gw columbian college of arts and sciences mems and vlsi technologies, institute for school of engineering and applied sciences middle east studies, institute for columbian college of arts and scienceselliott school of international affairs mind-brain institute, gw columbian college of arts and sciences nanotechnology, institute for columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of engineering and applied sciencesschool of medicine and health sciences neuroscience, gw institute for columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of medicine and health sciences nuclear studies, gw institute for columbian college of arts and sciences preparedness & resilience, center for office of the vice president for research proteomics technology and applications, w. m. keck institute for columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of medicine and health sciences see proteomics. public diplomacy & global communication, the institute for columbian college of arts and scienceselliott school of international affairs public policy, the george washington institute of office of the vice president for research quantum computing, information, logic & topology, center for columbian college of arts and sciences rehabilitation counseling research and education, center for graduate school of education and human development regulatory studies center columbian college of arts and sciences reliability and risk analysis, institute for columbian college of arts and sciences risk science and public health, center for milken institute school of public health security and conflict studies, institute for elliott school of international affairs social well-being and development, center for milken institute school of public health solar institute, the gw columbian college of arts and sciencesschool of businessschool of lawschool of engineering and applied sciences space policy institute elliott school of international affairs spirituality and health, gw institute for school of medicine and health sciences sustainability research, education and policy, institute for school of business urban and environmental research, center for columbian college of arts and sciences washington area studies, center for office of the vice president for research other gw centers and research institutes the center for health and health care in schools (chhcs) is a "nonpartisan policy analysis and program-development research center" at gwu's milken institute school of public health (formerly the school of public health and health services). primarily funded by the robert wood johnson foundation, the center "has been a leader in the development of school-based health center programs for children for more than twenty years and is the current incarnation of the making the grade program that began funding school-based health centers in the 1980." in addition to its research and demonstration grant programs related to school-based health centers, the center has conducted research and organized programs on school mental health programs and school oral health programs. chhcs was previously known as the school-based adolescent health care program national program office (1987–1992) and the making the grade national program office (1993–2000). the center for the connected consumer (ccc) at the george washington university school of business is co-directed by donna hoffman and tom novak, both professors of marketing at gw. the ccc says that it "is dedicated to understanding how consumers interact with smart devices in post-social media environments." the george washington university heart & vascular institute (formerly the richard b. and lynne v. cheney cardiovascular institute) is part of gw's school of medicine & health sciences. in fiscal year 2014, the center reported slightly over $5 million in total research support. richard j. katz, m.d., walter a. bloedorn professor of medicine at gw, directs the center. the institute for politics, democracy & the internet is the research arm of gw's graduate school of political management. the jacobs institute of women's health is part of gw's milken institute school of public health. it describes itself as "a nonprofit organization working to improve health care for women through research, dialogue, and information dissemination."