Laird Center for Medical Research
The Laird Center for Medical Research, named after health care advocate, former statesman and U.S. Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, is a world-class medical research and education facility. It is located on the campus of Marshfield Clinic, a not-for-profit multi-specialty physician practice, in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
An ideal setting for medical research
The goal of The Laird Center for Medical Research is to conduct medical research that directly benefits patients. Marshfield Clinic is an ideal setting.
Marshfield Clinic's mission is to improve the health and well being of people and communities through accessible, high quality health care, research and education. This extends beyond traditional clinical care and research. It also includes research to prevent illness and injury, providing human diagnostic laboratory services and improving public health.
Marshfield Clinic is uniquely positioned to advance human and public health by combining resources to bring research discoveries face-to-face with medical problems.
The integrated research capabilities within The Laird Center for Medical Research fulfills a vision of cooperation, integration and science, enhancing Marshfield Clinic's ability to:
- Predict and prevent the spread of diseases
- Link patient care and research more closely than ever before
- Deliver clinical diagnostic test results into physicians' hands more quickly
- Improve patient care and protect public health
- Share information to foster medical advances and further research worldwide
- Honor Melvin R. Laird's accomplishments in health care, medical research and education
- Continue to build on our foundation of success in health care and medical research
Medical research with a common goal
Clinical and research laboratories in The Laird Center for Medical Research share common resources, which creates substantial operational efficiencies.
The facility is designed for future expansion, ensuring the resources required to meet emerging health and public safety needs and sustain growth in medical research, food safety services and veterinary diagnostic services.
The close proximity of the research facilities within The Laird Center for Medical Research, coupled with Marshfield Clinic's advanced electronic medical record, offers great potential to discover new associations and develop new applications for clinical medicine, public health and safety.
Housed within the facility are laboratories for:
