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Research Taxonomy
Allied Health Sciences
1. Clinical laboratory technology
a. Immunology/Serology
b. Clinical chemistry
c. Transfusion medicine
d. Microbiology
e. Hematology
f. Urinalysis
g. Histology
h. Cytology
2. Exercise physiology / kinesiology
3. Nutrition and dietetics
4. Occupational therapy
5. Recreation therapy
6. Physical Therapy
7. Speech pathology / audiology
Animal science / Veterinary medicine
Chemistry
1. Analytical Chemistry
2. Biochemistry
3. Materials science
4. Organic chemistry
5. Physical chemistry
6. Synthetic chemistry
7. Nanotechnology / nanomaterials /
nanochemistry
Consumer Science
1. Foodservice management
2. Elder care
3. Home care
4. Hospitality management
5. Massage therapy
Dentistry
1. Dental hygiene
2. Dental surgery
3. Endodontics
4. General dentistry
5. Implantology
6. Dental materials
7. Oral and maxillofacial surgery
8. Orthodontics
9. Pediatric dentistry
10. Periodontics
11. Prosthodontics
Earth Sciences
1. Biogeography
2. Environmental geography
3. Demography/Population geography
4. Biodiversity
5. Health geography
6. Geographic information systems (GIS)
7. Geology
8. Mineralogy
9. Paleontology
Education
1. Dental education
2. Pharmacy education
3. Medical education
4. Nursing education
5. Religious education
6. Science education
7. Sociology of education
Engineering
1. Bioengineering
2. Biomaterials
3. Biomedical engineering
4. Nanotechnology / nanomaterials /
nanochemistry
Cultural/Ethnographic Studies
Imaging Sciences
1. Optical imaging
2. Molecular imaging
3. NMR imaging
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Information Sciences
1. Computational biology
2. Computer graphics/scientific
visualization/modeling
3. Geographic information systems (GIS)
4. Health informatics
5. Informatics
6. Information systems
Life Sciences
1. Aging
a. Age-related changes in
physiological functions
b. Aging and cognition
c. Animal models of aging
d. Determinants of longevity
e. Geriatric syndromes
f. Regeneration, tissue repair
g. Responses to stress
h. Stem cells
2. Anatomy
3. Behavioral biology
4. Biochemistry
5. Biomolecules
a. DNA repair/recombination
b. Protein structure / function
6. Biological Sciences
a. Biogeography
b. Conservation biology
c. Environmental biology
d. Evolutionary biology
e. Systems biology
7. Cancer Biology
a. Biological response modifiers
b. Cancer genetics
c. Carcinogenesis
d. Chemoprevention
e. Detection and diagnosis
f. Drug evaluation
a. Tumor immunology
8. Cell Biology
a. Cell growth, cell cycle
b. Cellular physiology
c. Cell signaling and networks
d. Programmed cell death /
apoptosis
e. Stem cell biology
9. Developmental biology
a. Embryology
b. Cell fates, lineage and
differentiation
10. Endocrinology
a. Hormone
biochemistry/physiology
b. Reproductive hormones
c. Stress hormones
11. Genes, Genomes, Genetics
a. Comparative genetics/genomics
b. Gene expression
c. Gene identification
d. Gene regulation
e. Gene therapy
f. Genetic diseases
g. Genetic engineering
h. Genome sequencing
i. Molecular epidemiology
j. Population genetics
k. Proteomics
12. Herpetology
13. Histology
14. Immunology
a. Autoimmunity
b. Chronic fatigue and related
disorders
c. Immunodeficiency diseases
d. Inflammation
e. Transplantation immunology
f. Tumor immunology
g. Vaccines
15. Imaging
a. Diagnostic imaging
b. Molecular imaging
c. Optical imaging
d. Radiologic imaging (CAT, MRI,
PET scan)
16. Metabolism
17. Microbiology/Mycology/Parasitology/Viro
logy
a. Antimicrobials
b. Clinical microbiology
c. Microbial ecology
d. Microbial genetics
e. Microbial resistance
f. Pathogenesis
g. Signal transduction
h. Vaccines
18. Molecular biology
19. Neuroscience/Neurobiology/Neurochemi
stry
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20. Nutrition and Dietetics
21. Ornithology
22. Pharmacology
23. Physiology
24. Radiation biology
25. Systems biology
26. Toxicology
27. Virology
Medical Sciences
1. Alternative medicine
2. Anesthesiology
3. Cardiology
a. Atherosclerosis
b. Cardiac physiology
c. Cytokines
d. Electrophysiology / Arrhythmia
e. Heart failure and transplantation
f. Hypertension
g. Peripheral vascular disease
h. Vascular medicine / Thrombosis
4. Dermatology
5. Emergency medicine
a. Burns and trauma
6. Endocrinology
a. Obesity
b. Diabetes
c. Endocrine function/disease
d. Hormone biochemistry
e. Neuroendocrinology
7. Epidemiology
8. Gastroenterology
9. Geriatrics
10. Hematology
a. Bone marrow transplantation /
transfusion
b. Coagulation / thrombosis
c. Hematopoietic stem cell biology
d. Iron metabolism
e. Leukocyte biology
f. Platelet biology
g. Red blood cell biology
h. Stem cells and hematopoiesis
i. Vascular biology
11. Infectious Diseases
12. Musculoskeletal system
a. Biomineralization
b. Bone biology and disease
c. Connective tissue biology
d. Extracellular matrix and diseases
e. Rheumatological disorders
13. Nephrology / Urology
a. Acute and chronic renal disease
b. Kidney transplantation
c. Infection, incontinence, renal
stones
d. Genitourinary system
14. Neurology
a. Cerebrovasculature
b. Clinical sleep research
c. Ischemia or hypoxia, convulsive
disorder
d. Traumatic CNS injury /
regeneration
e. Neurodegenerative diseases
(Alzheimers, Parkinsons, ALS,
etc)
f. Molecular neuropathology
15. Obstetrics / Gynecology
16. Oncology
a. Biological response modifiers
b. Cancer genetics
c. Carcinogenesis
d. Chemoprevention
e. Chemotherapy
f. Combined modality therapies
g. Detection and diagnosis
h. Drug evaluation
i. Hormone therapy
j. Immunotherapy
k. Leukemias
l. Solid tumors
m. Proton therapy
n. Radiotherapy
o. Tumor immunology
17. Ophthalmology
18. Orthopedic surgery
19. Otolaryngology
20. Pathology
a. Cytology
b. Hematology
21. Respiratory medicine/Pulmonology
a. Respiratory distress syndromes
b. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
c. Lung development
d. Lung transplantation
e. Pulmonary physiology
f. Pulmonary toxicology
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g. Pulmonary vascular diseases
h. Sudden infant death syndrome
22. Pain management
23. Pediatrics
24. Preventive medicine
25. Podiatry
26. Primary care/Family medicine / General
practice
27. Psychiatry
a. Addiction
b. Psychoanalysis
28. Radiology
a. Biomedical imaging
b. Radiologic imaging (CAT, MRI,
PET scan)
c. Diagnostic imaging
29. Radiation medicine / Interventional
radiology
30. Rehabilitation
31. Reproductive medicine
32. Regenerative medicine / tissue repair
33. Rheumatology
34. Sleep medicine
35. Sports medicine
36. Surgery
a. Bariatric surgery
b. Cardiothoracic surgery
c. Neurosurgery
d. Orthopedic surgery
e. Plastic surgery
f. Traumatology
g. Transplant surgery
37. Transplantation
a. Transplantation immunology
b. Organ transplantation
Nursing
1. Community nursing
2. Geriatric nursing
3. Home nursing
4. Intensive care nursing
5. Midwifery
6. Nursing education
7. Nursing theory
8. Pediatric nursing
9. Trauma nursing
1. Genetic modification of plants
2. Plant products
Pharmaceutical Sciences
1. Drug bioavailability
2. Drug delivery
3. Medicinal chemistry
4. Pharmacogenetics
5. Pharmacokinetics
6. Drug development
Physics/Biophysics
1. Applied physics
2. Biomedical engineering
3. Biophysics
4. Materials science
5. Medical physics
6. Molecular imaging
7. Radiation physics
Psychology
1. Abnormal psychology
2. Behavioral psychology
3. Clinical psychology
4. Counseling psychology
5. Cognition and perception
6. Developmental psychology
7. Experimental psychology
8. Family systems
9. Geriatric psychology
10. Human sexual behavior
11. Mental health
12. Psychological assessment
13. Psychopathology
14. Social psychology
15. Substance abuse disorders
Public Health
1. Behavior and health
2. Biostatistics
3. Community health
4. Community based participatory research
5. Epidemiology
6. Global health
7. Health disparities
8. Health promotion
9. Healthcare management
10. Nutrition & dietetics
Plant science / Botany
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Religion
1. Christianity
2. Chaplaincy
3. Comparative religion
4. Ethics/bioethics
5. Philosophy of religion
6. Philosophy of science
7. Religion and science
8. Wholeness
Social Work
1. Child welfare
2. Community practice
3. Gerontology
4. Medical social work
5. School social work
Sociology
1. Community informatics
2. Cultural/Ethnographic studies
3. Economic sociology/socioeconomics
4. Environmental sociology
5. Family systems theory
6. Gerontology
7. Medical sociology
8. Social behavior
9. Social policy
10. Social psychology
11. Social research
12. Sociobiology
Space Sciences
1. Astrobiology
2. Space simulation
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