Innovation gets a home

Innovation gets a home

UF and HSC leaders break ground for the new Clinical and Translational Research Building May 26./Photo by Maria Belen Farias

Saying that the planned Clinical and Translational Research Building at UF will be a “a huge boon to our research efforts and our preventive health activities,” UF President Bernie Machen and other officials broke ground May 26 for a new home for research that will speed scientific discoveries to patients. Set for completion in January 2013, the $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex will house the UF Institute on Aging, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and an array of other research departments and clinical programs, as well as state-of-the-art conference, training and reception areas. “This marks the beginning of a new era in clinical and translational science research at UF,” said David Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs and president of the UF&Shands Health System. “The CTRB will be the home of patient-centered innovation and discoveries that help secure a healthy future for the citizens of Florida and the nation.”