Top Universities
Every university on this list represents the highest tier of U.S. biomedical research. We ranked 243 research universities across the United States on their ability to translate scientific discovery into real-world healthcare solutions, evaluated on 25 indicators across three core domains.
George Washington University
George Washington University ranks 61st among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, situated in Washington, D.C. The university performs in the upper tier in both Market Translation and Entrepreneurial Readiness, with Research Capabilities placing closer to the middle of the field.
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University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati ranks 62nd among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Research Capabilities and Market Translation are the university's strongest areas, both placing well into the upper tier of the field, while Entrepreneurial Readiness falls nearer the midpoint.
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Temple University
Temple University ranks 63rd among universities in the Cure Innovation Index and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university's profile is strongest in Entrepreneurial Readiness, where it places in the upper tier, with an incubator, an entrepreneur-in-residence program, biomedical entrepreneurship training, and an MD/MBA dual degree program among its resources.
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University at Buffalo (SUNY)
The University at Buffalo (SUNY) ranks 64th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Buffalo, New York. Its strongest domain performance falls in Entrepreneurial Readiness, where it ranks 57th, backed by an incubator, an entrepreneur-in-residence program, biomedical entrepreneurship training, and an MD/MBA dual degree option.
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Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College ranks 65th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The university shows strong performance in market translation and above-average standing in entrepreneurial readiness, while research capabilities fall in the lower half of the field.
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Georgetown University
Georgetown University ranks 66th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, situated in Washington, D.C. The university shows strength in both research capabilities and entrepreneurial readiness, placing in the upper tier across those domains, while market translation ranks closer to the middle of the field.
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Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University ranks 67th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in State College, Pennsylvania. The university's research capabilities place it in the upper tier of the field, and its entrepreneurial readiness is a particular strength, ranking 31st.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology ranks 68th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Entrepreneurial readiness is the university's defining strength, placing it in the upper tier nationally; market translation performance is above average, while research capabilities are more moderate.
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University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky ranks 69th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index and is based in Lexington, Kentucky. It places in the upper tier in both Research Capabilities and Market Translation, reflecting a foundation in scientific output and technology transfer that is notably consistent across both domains.
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California ranks 70th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, located in Los Angeles, California. Research Capabilities are the university's clearest strength, ranking 23rd and placing it in the upper tier of the category.
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Cure Innovation Index Methodology
From a pool of more than 6,000 institutions, the top 303 were ranked using two dozen indicators — from scientific foundation and lab infrastructure to patents, products, and partnerships — drawn from more than a dozen federal and commercial databases, an original audit of all institutions, and surveys of more than 3,300+ scientists, industry leaders, and biomedical experts.
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Innovation isn't a single moment — it's an entire ecosystem. The Index evaluates institutions across two dozen indicators, grouped in three core domains that reveal the full picture of what it takes to turn groundbreaking science into real-world impact.
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