Key Partners
The Prisma Health Addiction Medicine Center serves as a hub for a growing collaborative of leaders who are developing new models of care for addiction medicine using innovative research. The Addiction Medicine Center partners with CAMHR on research projects related to prevention, intervention, and the underlying mechanisms of addiction.
The South Carolina Center of Excellence in Addiction was established by Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, the Medical University of South Carolina, the S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. In an effort to combine and more efficiently apply expertise and resources that will address opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders in the state, the Center of Excellence operates as one collaborative institution jointly owned and operated by the universities and state agencies.
The Clemson Center for Criminal Justice and Social Research (CJSR) enables Clemson University faculty members to provide a variety of services to community partners, including technical assistance on grant writing, independent evaluation of community-based projects, and research on the outcomes and impact of community initiatives. The CJSR center serves the land-grant mission of the University and facilitates research-practitioner partnerships by helping local governmental, criminal justice, and non-profit organizations pursue funding for social research and evaluation.
Clemson Rural Health is the organizing framework for Clemson's health service delivery and prevention efforts statewide - with locations including the Clemson Health Clinic at Walhalla, Clemson Health Clinic at Orangeburg, Joseph F. Sullivan Center, Clemson Rural Health Support Office at Abbeville, and a fleet of Clemson Rural Health mobile health units.
Clemson School of Health Research (CUSHR) is a multidisciplinary unit of Clemson that facilitates health research and scholarship. Since 2013, the CUSHR has been a key entity for health-related scholarship and collaboration, with more than 175 Clemson faculty engaged in health research impacting the community with local and national impact. Health research at Clemson is diverse and multidisciplinary; faculty represent all eight Clemson colleges and 33 departments.
Clemson Center for Public Health Modeling and Response aims to utilize data-driven approaches to inform clinical and public health decision-making and assist the ability of health organizations and communities to prepare for, and respond to, public health threats.
Clemson Institute for Engaged Aging aims to discover, develop and disseminate best practices for engaged aging through research, education and community outreach. Institute initiatives will enable older adults to be engaged in family and community living regardless of their social, economic, or health status.
