New Facility Transforms Approach to Pediatric Research
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has opened a new 12-story, 415,000-square-foot research building that strengthens and expands our leadership in conducting pediatric research focused on changing the outcome for children around the world.
Over the last decade, Cincinnati Children’s has significantly expanded its research initiatives in basic, translational, clinical and quality improvement research. The building will house about 1,500 of our 3,000 research-focused employees.
A multi-media gallery wall in the main lobby showcases some of the major research contributions made by researchers from Cincinnati Children’s.
Our new research facility is designed to promote collaboration by locating researchers according to related areas of scientific interest. For example, scientists from different medical center divisions – including immunobiology, molecular immunology, allergy and immunology, gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition – will be housed as an “immunology matrix” to stimulate the sharing of ideas about research focused on the immune system.
A larger research infrastructure at Cincinnati Children’s will provide investigators with additional core resources to support laboratory and translational research. This includes a Bioinformatics Core that provides statistical and computational analysis for complex experiments. This capability is made possible by a supercomputer built with funding from a $25-million Ohio Third Frontier Grant. The supercomputer is housed in a massive data center in the building.
The facility makes Cincinnati Children’s one of the largest pediatric research programs in the nation, with nearly 1 million square feet of research space. Seven floors of the new building have dedicated laboratory space, and more than 6,000 linear feet of laboratory benches are located throughout.
“This building reflects our commitment to create new knowledge that cures disease,” says Arnold Strauss, MD, director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. “Increasing the amount of basic and translational research we do leads to new knowledge and more discoveries that can improve health and change outcomes for children worldwide."
