Research

Kansas City Research Faculty  Joplin Research Faculty 

Our commitment to curiosity, collaboration and the cutting-edge

KCU students, faculty members, staff, residents and fellows have the opportunity to learn about, and participate in, research and other scholarly activities. Participation in the research process enables students to develop additional knowledge and critical-thinking skills necessary to improve patient care through evidence-based medicine. It also continues the lifelong learning process for faculty as mentors. 

Research is broad and includes not only basic science (laboratory-based) endeavors but also clinical research, population health, bioethics, medical humanities, educational research, etc.

The entire research process typically follows an algorithmic approach from idea conception to publication/presentation. This step-wise approach can be summarized as follows: 


Click on each of the following steps for more detailed information.

Please note that, as outlined in the compliance step above, all students must be approved to perform research with a faculty mentor (either at KCU or an external institution) by completing the KCU Student Research Activity Application

Click here to visit the Research Compliance homepage