The Ministry of Health undertakes nearly 300 national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, including the second prize of national technological invention 1 (2000), the second prize of national scientific and technological progress (200 1 in 2003) and the third prize of national scientific and technological progress (197,1). The medical journals published by the department include Journal of Wuhan University (Medical Edition), China Journal of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Microcirculation, Medical Knowledge, Mathematical Medicine, Stroke and Neuropathy, and Audiology and Speech Pathology.

People's Hospital of Wuhan University (1987 renamed Hubei Provincial People's Hospital), Central South Hospital and Stomatological Hospital are the first-class hospitals, baby-friendly hospitals and top 100 hospitals in China. The Third Hospital not only undertakes the clinical teaching tasks of medical colleges, but also serves as the medical center of Hubei Province.

The Medical Department has a domestic first-class animal experimental center and A3 laboratory, a medical structural biology research center and an anatomy teaching laboratory with "international advanced and domestic leading" level.