The University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) ranks twenty-ninth in the nation for the 2023 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) rankings of NIH funding for family medicine departments. DFMCH’s NIH awards totaled $900,566 for the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

BRIMR Rankings

L to R: Andrew Quanbeck, PhD; Sean Duffy, MD, MPH; and Randy Brown, MD, PhD, FASAM.

Three DFMCH faculty appeared in the family medicine principal investigator rankings – Andrew Quanbeck, PhD; Sean Duffy, MD, MPH; and Randy Brown, MD, PhD, FASAM. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health comes in twenty-second among medical schools with awards totaling $315,708,233.

Since 2006, BRIMR has published rankings based on funding received from the UW National Institutes of Health. Standings reflect funds awarded during the federal fiscal year as released on the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT).

Published: March 2024