MaineHealth Institute for Research

Name

MaineHealth Institute for Research

Legal name

MaineHealth Institute for Research

Website

https://mhir.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biomedical Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Research & Trial Central Laboratories (HLAFAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reference & Esoteric Testing Laboratories (HLAFAMAJ), Clinical Trial Informatics (EDC/CTMS/eCOA/eTMF) (HLAGAJAM)

Keywords

• Biomedical research services
• Clinical trials research
• Translational science programs
• Population health research
• Academic medical research

Headquarters

HQ city

Scarborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. NIH/Government Grant Funding: Primary funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH) through COBRE grants, NNE-CTR grants, and various R01 and other research grants. Major grants include: NIH COBRE in Metabolic Networks (5 P20 GM 121301), NIH COBRE in Acute Care & Rural Health (P20GM139745), and NNE-CTR grant
2. National Cancer Institute Research Programs: Funding through NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) for cancer research and clinical trials
3. Clinical Research Services: Grants & Contracts Services team assists investigators with preparation and submission of grant applications, developing and reviewing research contracts and sub-award agreements

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) is a nonprofit biomedical research institute that conducts basic laboratory research, translational research, clinical research, and population health research across four specialized centers and dedicated research laboratories. It provides research infrastructure, shared core facilities, clinical trials coordination, research compliance, and grant management services to investigators and clinicians within the MaineHealth system and broader Northern New England research community. MHIR also delivers educational and training programs from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels.

Product overview

MaineHealth Institute for Research is a comprehensive biomedical research institution offering a unified platform of research centers, services, and educational programs. The core research infrastructure includes four specialized centers: Center for Applied Science & Technology (CAST) for disease detection technologies, Center for Clinical & Translational Science (CCTS) for bridging discovery to patient care, Center for Interdisciplinary Population & Health Research (CIPHR) for population health outcomes, and Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) for molecular disease mechanisms. Supporting services include the Clinical Trials Office (part of NCORP network), Research Compliance Office, Grants & Contracts Services, and shared Core Facilities with 11 lab resources. Research laboratories focus on Environmental Health and Vector-Borne Diseases. NIH COBRE programs support metabolic disease and acute care/rural health research. Education programs span from high school outreach through postdoctoral training, including a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Applied Science and Technology (CAST): Develops new technologies for disease detection and monitoring for better patient care by integrating MHIR research laboratory and data resources with NorDx clinical expertise
• Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
• Center for Interdisciplinary Population and Health Research (CIPHR)
• Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM)

Products and services

• Center for Applied Science & Technology (CAST) Develops new technologies for disease detection and monitoring by integrating MHIR research laboratory and data resources with NorDx clinical expertise. Offers Biobank services, Research Laboratory Services, and Remnant Samples Program for investigators and clinicians.
• Center for Clinical & Translational Science (CCTS) Multidisciplinary community committed to bridging scientific discovery with improved clinical care and community health. Conducts and supports high-quality, innovative studies across the translational spectrum from basic research to clinical trials.
• Center for Interdisciplinary Population & Health Research (CIPHR) Designs, supports, and conducts innovative research and evaluations to improve population health. Focuses on patient-centered outcomes, community partnerships, health disparities, and evidence-informed interventions for communities in Maine and Northern New England.
• Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) Performs cutting-edge biomedical research to discover molecular mechanisms of human disease. Focuses on developmental biology and stem cells for regenerative medicine approaches, with translation of basic science discoveries to innovative diagnostic and treatment approaches.
• Clinical Trials Office Coordinates clinical trials across the MaineHealth network, providing patient access to cutting-edge cancer treatments and advanced clinical trials in home communities. Part of the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP).
• Research Compliance Office Provides training and support for clinicians, faculty and staff in regulatory requirements for scientific research. Oversees Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), Institutional Review Board (IRB), Conflict of Interest, and Research Misconduct.
• Environmental Exposures, Epidemiology, & Health Laboratory (E3H Lab) Generates actionable scientific knowledge on health impacts of environmental exposures including PFAS, with focus on chronic disease, pediatric development, and translation to public health interventions.
• Lyme & Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory Dedicated to control of emerging tick and mosquito-borne diseases through environmental research, risk monitoring, public awareness, and prevention and treatment advances.
• Grants & Contracts Services Assists investigators with grant application preparation and submission, develops and reviews research contracts and sub-award agreements, and manages research grants including federal policy guidance and budgeting assistance.
• Core Facilities & Lab Resources Shared research infrastructure including Flow Cytometry, Histopathology, Microscopy Instrumentation, Molecular Phenotyping, Mouse Genome Modification, Physiology, Proteomics & Lipidomics, Small Animal Imaging, Antibody Products, and BioBank services for investigators.
• Summer Undergraduate Research Program Ten-week full-time paid internship providing undergraduates opportunity to engage in biomedical research projects across MHIR research centers with professional development and networking activities.
• Postdoctoral Training Mentored research experience for PhD, MD, or MD/PhD graduates focusing on design, implementation, and completion of novel research projects with responsible conduct of research training and seminar series access.
• COBRE in Metabolic Networks NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (5 P20 GM 121301) focused on metabolic disease including obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis, with project and mentorship support for junior investigators and core facilities for protein, lipid, and tissue analysis.
• COBRE in Acute Care Research & Rural Health NIH COBRE program (P20GM139745) enhancing emergency and acute care research throughout Northern New England, supporting clinical and translational projects in cardiac arrest, psychosis screening, and neonatal resuscitation training in rural settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 382 applications received for 24 spots in 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NorDxcoreTechnology or IntegrationClinical laboratory partnership within the Center for Applied Science and Technology. NorDx provides clinical expertise, instrumentation, and support services that integrate with MHIR research laboratory and data resources for disease detection and monitoring.
• Tufts University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership creating opportunities to merge patient care, education and research in the medical education program and simulation center. MHIR faculty have academic appointments at Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
• University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHIR faculty hold academic appointments and provide graduate research training at PhD level. Dedicated GSBSE@MHIR track where students complete rotations at MHIR before conducting thesis work.
• Northern New England Clinical & Translational Research Network (NNE-CTR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-institutional network led by Cliff Rosen, MD and Gary Stein, MD, bridging scientific discovery with improved clinical care across Northern New England. Includes collaboration with University of Vermont.
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaineHealth Cancer Care Network awarded grant as NCORP member to implement cancer research program reaching more Mainers with access to advanced clinical trials in their home communities.
• American Heart Association (AHA) SURE ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHIR is a host site for AHA SURE Program which provides funding and benefits to support undergraduates working on projects aligned with AHA mission.
• Harvard Pilgrim HealthcareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on environmental epidemiology studies including PFAS exposure research with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Harvard School of Public Health, George Washington University, and Stanford University.
• Dartmouth Geisel School of MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on PFAS and human milk research nested within New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Jackson Laboratory: Independent nonprofit biomedical research institute headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, focused on genetics, genomics, and disease modeling. Directly comparable as a Maine-based nonprofit research organization conducting NIH-funded basic and translational science with shared regional talent and grant pools.

Regional players

• University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine: Vermont's primary academic medical center and core NNE-CTR partner with MHIR. Comparable in mission (translational research, clinical trials, NIH-funded research), with overlapping faculty networks and a shared Northern New England service area, though it operates as a full medical school rather than a research-dedicated institute.
• Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine: Academic medical research institution serving New Hampshire and Northern New England, with active partnership with MHIR on PFAS and birth cohort research. Comparable as a regional academic medical research entity with NIH-funded basic, translational, and population health research, overlapping in catchment geography.
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute: New England-based health services and population health research institute, actively collaborating with MHIR on PFAS epidemiology. Comparable as a regional research partner focused on epidemiology, environmental health, and population outcomes, sharing faculty networks and federal funding streams.

Broad incumbents

• Tufts University School of Medicine: Major academic medical school and core MHIR partner providing faculty appointments, medical education, and graduate biomedical training. Comparable as a broader, more established biomedical research and education enterprise with deeper national brand, against which MHIR positions its physician-scientist training pipeline.
• Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute: Largest hospital-based research enterprise in New England, with deep NIH funding, basic-translational-clinical integration, and graduate training programs. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same biomedical research category, representing the scale ceiling MHIR's model would need to grow toward.
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Institute: Major Harvard-affiliated research enterprise conducting NIH-funded basic, translational, and clinical research across cardiovascular, metabolic, and population health areas directly overlapping MHIR's research portfolio. Comparable as a broader incumbent with deeper funding base, faculty brand, and clinical reach.
• Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: Large hospital-embedded research institute spanning basic, translational, and clinical research within a single integrated health system. Comparable structurally to MHIR's hospital-system-embedded model, though at materially greater scale, federal funding, and geographic reach.
• Mayo Clinic Research: One of the largest nonprofit academic medical research enterprises, conducting NIH-funded basic through clinical research integrated with a major healthcare delivery system. Comparable as a broad incumbent demonstrating the upper-bound scale of MHIR's integrated delivery-system research model.

Others

• University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering: Core MHIR academic partner operating the GSBSE@MHIR PhD track. Comparable as a regional PhD-granting biomedical program with overlapping faculty, students, and research infrastructure, functioning as an enabling/training collaborator rather than a direct competitor for clinical research funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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