Biomedical research, a topic of intense interest at the University of Kansas and throughout the nation, is the focus of a comprehensive plan proposed by Chancellor Robert Hemenway to build on KU's many assets to place the University among the nation's top institutions of higher education. The KU Medical Center and its Schools of Medicine, Allied Health, Nursing and Graduate Studies, and the Research Institute are an integral part of the University of Kansas, the only Carnegie Level One Research institution in the region.