Methodist Research Institute
For Researchers
Methodist Research Institute (MRI) is home to seven laboratories that explore medical issues to improve clinical outcomes, quality of life, and cost effective delivery of care for patients.
The Institute embodies the traditional strengths and values of Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, while supporting the current and evolving strategies of IU Health. To this end, the Institute engages the IU Health medical staff in an interdependent, cooperative effort to generate and share new knowledge regarding the mechanisms and management of disease and the maintenance of health.
Research has been an integral part of IU Health Methodist Hospital since its founding in 1908. The hospital's first formal medical staff was organized in 1920 as the "Clinical Research Society" with Dr. Murray Hadley as Chairman. In 1956 medical research was established as a formal hospital department under the direction of Dr. Frank Lloyd, Sr.
When Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children consolidated to form IU Health in 1997, the Department of Medical Research was reconstituted as the Methodist Research Institute. Its rich history includes the following:
- Pioneering work in solid organ transplantation
- The testing and evaluation of minimally invasive surgical techniques
- The development of laparoscopic bladder augmentation using small intestinal submucosa (SIS)
- Work in the health policy arena (including the development and testing of the first globally-priced heart surgery reimbursement model for Medicare)
Today the Methodist Research Institute operates as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation and is the wholly owned research subsidiary of IU Health.