AdventHealth Research Institute

What AdventHealth Research Institute does

AdventHealth Research Institute is the clinical research arm of the AdventHealth healthcare system, operating as an integrated clinical research organization (CRO) and academic site network headquartered in Orlando, Florida. It runs 800+ active studies across 11 therapeutically focused research teams — cancer, critical care, digestive health, heart/lung/vascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatrics, pharmacy, surgery, transplant, and translational research — supported by 420+ active investigators and a centralized research infrastructure that includes an Institutional Review Board, Institutional Biosafety Committee, Office of Sponsored Programs, Research Finance, and Office of Research Integrity and Compliance. Named flagship studies such as SOMMA2 (muscle mobility and aging) and ATLAS (adipose tissue, exercise, and insulin resistance) illustrate the institute's mix of national-level and investigator-initiated work.

The institute serves two principal enterprise customer segments — pharmaceutical companies and medical technology manufacturers — by providing investigator expertise, specialized facilities and equipment, and access to a diverse Central Florida patient population spanning NICU babies to older adults. It also recruits research participants directly through its website and a dedicated study recruitment line. It holds AAHRPP accreditation for its Human Research Protection Program, which functions as a regulatory and credibility anchor when bidding for federally funded and large sponsor-led trials. The institute is led by Chief Scientific Officer Steven R. Smith and operates as a wholly owned, not-for-profit unit of the faith-based AdventHealth system.

The business model is professional-services based: revenue (not publicly disclosed) is generated through sponsored study agreements with pharma and medtech partners, supplemented by grants and institutional support from the parent health system. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales — direct partnerships with sponsors — and the institute is expanding into adjacent verticals such as performing-arts health (via a Dr. Phillips Center partnership) and combination-therapy studies in Alzheimer's/diabetes, signaling a deliberate broadening of its research portfolio beyond its traditional core.

Name

AdventHealth Research Institute

Legal name

AdventHealth Research Institute

Website

https://adventhealthresearchinstitute.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AdventHealth Research Institute is the clinical research arm of the AdventHealth health system, operating an AAHRPP-accredited site network in Orlando that runs 800+ active studies across 11 therapeutic areas, serving pharmaceutical and medical technology sponsors and Central Florida patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical Research & Trial Central Laboratories (HLAFAMAL), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Clinical research services
• Clinical trial management
• Translational medicine research
• Oncology clinical trials
• Biomedical engineering research

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Clinical Research Services: Revenue generated through partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and medical technology manufacturers for conducting clinical trials and research studies. The institute provides research facilities, equipment, investigator expertise, and participant access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AdventHealth Research Institute is a clinical research organization that designs, conducts, and analyzes clinical trials and research studies across 11 therapeutic areas for pharmaceutical companies and medical technology manufacturers. The institute operates 800+ active studies with 420+ investigators, providing specialized facilities, equipment, investigator expertise, and access to a diverse participant population spanning NICU babies to older adults in Central Florida.

Product overview

AdventHealth Research Institute is a clinical research organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of research services across 11 therapeutically focused research teams conducting 800+ active studies. The organization operates as a unified platform combining specialized research divisions (Cancer Research, Global Robotics Institute, Translational Research, Nursing Research, Pediatric Research, Pharmacy Research, and additional clinical specialties including Critical Care, Digestive Health, Heart/Lung/Vascular, Neuroscience, Orthopedics, Surgery, and Transplant) with centralized support infrastructure (Institutional Review Board, Office of Sponsored Programs, Research Finance, and Office of Research Integrity and Compliance). The institute provides clinical trial opportunities including named studies like SOMMA2 and ATLAS, targeting populations from NICU babies to older adults, with a network of 420+ active research investigators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Research Services
• Cancer Research Program
• Global Robotics Institute (Biomedical Engineering and Robotics Research)
• Translational Research Program
• Pediatric Research and Clinical Trials
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Research
• Nursing Research
• Critical Care Research
• Digestive Health and Surgery Research
• Heart, Lung and Vascular Research
• Neuroscience Research
• Orthopedic Research
• Surgical Research
• Transplant Research
• SOMMA2: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging
• ATLAS: Assessments of Adipogenesis, Lipid Turnover and Cellular Composition in Adipose Tissue

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ active clinical studies across multiple therapeutic areas
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dr. Phillips CenternotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to explore, integrate, and foster the ability of performing arts to further health, well-being and quality of life through groundbreaking research. Kathy Ramsberger, President and CEO of Dr. Phillips Center, stated: 'Our partnership with AdventHealth seeks to explore, integrate and foster the ability of performing arts to further health, well-being and quality of life through groundbreaking research.'

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IQVIA: Largest global commercial CRO and clinical research services provider with global site network and technology-enabled trial platform — competes for the same pharma/medtech sponsor budget, but at vastly larger scale and with proprietary technology assets.
• Labcorp Drug Development (Fortrea): Large commercial CRO spun out from Labcorp providing global clinical research and central laboratory services — competes for industry-sponsored trials with broader geographic reach and embedded lab capabilities.
• ICON plc: Major global CRO providing full-service clinical research, laboratory, and consulting services to pharma and medtech — broad incumbent competing with the institute for the same sponsor contracts across therapeutic areas.

Direct peers

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center: NCI-designated academic cancer center with large investigator base and extensive industry-sponsored oncology trial portfolio — directly comparable to AdventHealth's cancer and translational research programs.
• Duke Clinical Research Institute: Academic medical center-based clinical research organization with extensive industry-sponsored trial portfolio and a global reputation for cardiovascular and multi-therapeutic research — operates with a similar hospital-anchored CRO model.
• Mass General Brigham Research: AMC-affiliated research enterprise with one of the largest U.S. clinical trial portfolios, large investigator network, and embedded IRB infrastructure — direct comparable in scale, scope, and sponsor relationship model.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine Research: Academic medical center with extensive multi-specialty clinical research programs, large investigator network, and high publication output — comparable in operating model, accreditation profile, and therapeutic breadth.
• Mayo Clinic Research: Large academic medical center research enterprise with deep investigator base, multi-specialty trial portfolio, and AAHRPP-equivalent accreditation — directly comparable as a hospital-anchored, multi-therapeutic clinical research platform.
• Sarah Cannon Research Institute: HCA-affiliated cancer-focused clinical research organization operating a national network of trial sites with embedded investigators — comparable as a health-system-anchored research enterprise running industry-sponsored trials.
• Cleveland Clinic Research: Multi-specialty academic medical center research institute running hundreds of active trials with dedicated translational programs and a sizable investigator pool — same operating model as AdventHealth Research Institute.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/adventhealth-research-institute

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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