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UF to dedicate multidisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Building

May 6, 2010

What:
The University of Florida is hosting a dedication ceremony for the new Biomedical Sciences Building at the northeast corner of Center Drive and Mowry Road. The $90.5 million, 163,000-square-foot, eight-story facility brings together researchers from the colleges of Medicine, Engineering and Public Health and Health Professions, creating the potential for fruitful new collaborations that could translate to improved therapies for patients. Units in the building include the UF Diabetes Center of Excellence, the UF Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Rehabilitation Research Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science for Life laboratory, a cross-disciplinary training program for undergraduate students.

Who:

  • Winfred M. Phillips, D.Sc., vice president for research, University of Florida
  • Bernie Machen, D.D.S., president, University of Florida
  • Francine R. Kaufman, M.D., chief medical officer and vice president, Medtronic Diabetes, and distinguished professor emerita, University of Southern California
  • Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D. M.D., director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., vice president for health affairs, University of Florida, and president, UF&Shands Health System

When & Where:
2 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, in the Biomedical Sciences Building Atrium, 1275 Center Drive, followed by media tours

Contact:
Media representatives are encouraged to call in advance. Valet parking is available if arranged in advance in front of Shands at the University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville. For more information, call Czerne Reid at Health Science Center News & Communications at 352-273-5814 or e-mail czerne@ufl.edu.

Webcast:
Reporters unable to attend may view a live webcast of the event at http://video.ufl.edu. The event will be listed as “BMS Building Dedication” under “Live Streams” shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday.