Cincinnati Children's Opens New 415,000-Square-Foot
Research Building
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center recently opened a new 12-story, 415,000-square-foot research building that will permit the continued growth of Cincinnati Children's pediatric research program.
The opening of the additional research facility makes Cincinnati Children's one of the largest pediatric research programs in the nation, with nearly 1 million square feet of research space.
Over the last decade, Cincinnati Children's has significantly expanded its research initiatives in basic, translational (research that provides a link between laboratory science and human trials), clinical and quality improvement research.
Among the many areas of research emphasis in the new research building will be:
- Developmental biology and organogenesis
- Genomics, proteomics and gene therapy
- Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders
- Pharmacogenetics of asthma and epilepsy
The new research building is designed to promote opportunities for productive collaborations across disciplines by locating researchers geographically according to broad, overlapping 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.
Cincinnati Children's ranks second nationally among all pediatric institutions in funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH). In fiscal year 2007, Cincinnati Children's received $92 million in NIH grants. Total sponsored programs in fiscal year 2007 reached $121 million.
