Research At UNSOM

State funding support for world-class public universities, like Berkeley, the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia has been reduced as low as zero to 20%.  The top tier public universities learned many years ago it was necessary for them to become research universities, which are profit centers, to fund their operations.  UNLV and UNR are far behind on the curve in becoming self-sustaining.  Both must develop as world renowned research universities to earn income to survive and succeed.

Today Jim discusses the many attributes and plans of UNR and UNLV to make both universities competitive with the other world-class U.S. public universities.

Research conducted at UNSOM has led to the development of an antibody and diagnostic test to rapidly detect a strain of meningitis which is a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries. The discoveries have been commercialized and moved into the marketplace, and are anticipated to save hundreds of thousands of lives.