In 1964, Rice and Baylor began collaborating to create the first total artificial heart, a device that replaces both ventricles in a patient's heart. In 1969, Dr. Denton Cooley completed the first human artificial heart transplant.
An analysis of the developments that culminated in these two great achievements and their lasting impacts reveals the trend of medical research toward collaborative, interdisciplinary research. However, even in the modern era, areas of research continue to be secretive, competitive, and isolated. What are ways we can improve and encourage collaboration?
An analysis of the developments that culminated in these two great achievements and their lasting impacts reveals the trend of medical research toward collaborative, interdisciplinary research. However, even in the modern era, areas of research continue to be secretive, competitive, and isolated. What are ways we can improve and encourage collaboration?
Our purpose
Our website is intended for faculty teaching courses or seminars on research methods. Because our archive presents important points about collaboration that are directly applicable to budding researchers, we hope that faculty implement our findings into their curriculum.
exploring THe archive
The artificial heart archive is a collection of Rice Thresher articles available through the Rice Scholarship archive, Medical World News magazine articles, and videos from the Texas Heart Institute Film Collection from the Texas Medical Center Library.
The archive offers glimpses into two of the major accomplishments in total artificial heart research:
The archive offers glimpses into two of the major accomplishments in total artificial heart research:
Development of the First Artificial HeartVertical Divider
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The First Artificial Heart Transplant |
Modern implications
What Makes Research Collaborative
Learn about the background behind collaborative research and the trend towards increased collaboration here.
Overcoming Barriers to Collaboration
What factors still prevent researchers from collaborating, and what are ways we can work around them? Explore the answers to these questions here.
Teaching Collaboration
How professors can effectively implement interdisciplinary, collaborative research into their curriculum. Learn more here.
Modern Applications
Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to increase collaborative research to benefit cancer patients. Read more here.
Learn about the background behind collaborative research and the trend towards increased collaboration here.
Overcoming Barriers to Collaboration
What factors still prevent researchers from collaborating, and what are ways we can work around them? Explore the answers to these questions here.
Teaching Collaboration
How professors can effectively implement interdisciplinary, collaborative research into their curriculum. Learn more here.
Modern Applications
Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to increase collaborative research to benefit cancer patients. Read more here.