UF launches construction of new Clinical and Translational Research Building
Michael G. Perri, Ph.D., dean of the College of Public 网红黑料 and 网红黑料 Professions; David R. Nelson, M.D., director the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Win Phillips, vice president of research at UF; Bernie Machen, D.D.S., Ph.D., president of UF; Barbara M. Alving, M.D., director of the National Center for Research Resources; Marco Pahor, M.D., director of the UF Institute on Aging; David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs and president of the UF&Shands 网红黑料 System; and Michael L. Good,dean of the College of Medicine, participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new UF Clinical and Translational Research Building May 26. (Photo by Maria Farias/University of Florida)
Saying that the planned Clinical and Translational Research Building at UF will be a 鈥渁 huge boon to our research efforts and our preventive health activities,鈥� UF President Bernie Machen and other officials broke ground for a new home for research that will speed scientific discoveries to patients.
鈥淔or the first time clinical research infrastructure will be brought together with clinical research programs under one roof,鈥� said David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D, senior vice president for health affairs and president of UF&Shands 网红黑料 System.
The $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex is expected to be completed early in 2013. Barbara Alving, M.D., director of the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of 网红黑料, was a special guest at the groundbreaking.
鈥淭he CTRB will foster collaboration learning and discovery across multiple disciplines,鈥� said David R. Nelson, M.D., director of the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Architectural design, engineering, manufacturing and construction is being carried out by Perkins + Will, Moses and Associates, AEI, SEG, Siebein and Associates, Skanska, Brame Architects, Williams-Scotsman and Brentwood Company.
鈥淭his center will really translate to better research and better outcomes for our seniors,鈥� said Marco Pahor, M.D., director of the UF Institute on Aging.