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Saint Francis Health System Opens in Tulsa
Saint Francis Health System celebrating the opening of The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis in Tulsa, Okla. on February 1, 2008. The $72.6 million, 104-bed facility will provide pediatric inpatient and outpatient care, ICU, and medical/surgical procedures. The hospital provides family-centered care, promoting collaboration between hospital staff and parents, and features a nurse’s station and sleeping space for two family members in each private patient room.
Emory and ICGEB Create India Vaccine Center
Emory Vaccine Center partnered with the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in January of 2008 to create the Joint ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Center in New Delhi, India. The center will accommodate vaccine research for diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, dengue fever, and malaria. Funding to support scientific staff will be provided by Emory University with ICGEB providing space and infrastructure.
University of Miami Plans Life Science Park
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is planning a 1.4 million-sf life science park in Miami, Fla. Sited on 7.2 acres, the development will foster advances in translational research by building partnerships between private biotech and biomedical companies and University researchers. The project was in the design phase in January of 2008 with initial construction expected to begin in 2010.
LAB Research Expands Laval Facility
LAB Research Inc. is engaged in a $40 million expansion of its research facility in Laval, Quebec. Slated for completion in fall of 2008, the project will nearly double LAB’s existing footprint from 87,000-sf to 170,000-sf. Capacity for inhalation toxicology will be significantly expanded and the number of vivarium rooms will be increased 36 to 80.
Hauptman-Woodward Institute Research Center Receives Award of Merit
The Hauptman-Woodward Institute’s Structural Biology Research Center in Buffalo, N.Y., received a National Award of Merit from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) in January of 2008. Designed by Cannon Design of San Francisco with RFD (Research Facilities Design) as laboratory design consultant, the Structural Biology Research Center is a showcase for the state-of-the-art biomedical research that takes place within its laboratories.