IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

描述(由申请人提供)：在联华大学扩展突出的生物医学研究是校园和立法的优先事项。SOM通过了一项新的战略计划，增加了对糖尿病和心血管研究的外部资金。CDCH的成立是为了满足将基础科学转化为临床研究的目标。CDCH将帮助招聘四名高素质的教师；其中三人的预算来自国家特别资金，目标是加强生命科学任务，第四人通过捐赠的教授职位。由于缺乏研究空间，CDCH的教师招聘工作被推迟。翻新4号现有空间(8,900平方米英国《金融时报》和第一个(500平方英尺英国《金融时报》)SOM的地板解决了CDCH的直接空间需求。 这个拟翻新的空间有30年的历史。它从未更新过。翻修将：1)容纳和促进四个国家卫生研究院(NIH)资助的研究人员(弗吉尼亚·赫胥黎博士、克里·麦克唐纳博士、迈克尔·斯图雷克博士和理查德·齐卡博士)之间的合作；2)免费4600平方英尺。英国《金融时报》这些活动包括：(1)翻修四楼的实验室空间(这是一项超出所需费用匹配的机构承诺)，用于征聘4名临床科学家；(3)加强与临床科学家的合作，并通过在医院附近放置高质量的实验室来推进临床研究员的培训；(4)翻修一楼的动物心导管设施。 在2001-02财年，受这一翻修影响的调查人员持有的NIH现行奖励总额为6469,602美元。CDCH将发挥孵化器的作用，引导项目和中心应用。CDCH将作为一场筹资活动的焦点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Expansion of prominent biomedical research at the UMC is a campus and legislative priority. The SOM adopted a new strategic plan that increases external funding for diabetes and cardiovascular research. A CDCH was formed to meet the goal of translating basic science to clinical research. The CDCH will facilitate recruitment of four highly qualified faculty; three are budgeted through special state funding targeted for life sciences mission enhancement, the fourth through an endowed professorship. CDCH faculty recruitments are delayed due to lack of research space. Renovation of existing space on the fourth (8,900 sq. ft. and first (500 sq. ft.) floors of the SOM solves CDCH's immediate space needs. The space proposed for renovation is 30-years-old. It never has been updated. The renovation will: 1) house and promote collaborations between four National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigators (Drs. Virginia Huxley, Kerry McDonald, Michael Sturek, and Richard Tsika); 2) free 4,600 sq. ft. of laboratory space on the fourth floor to be renovated (an institutional commitment beyond the required cost match) for the recruitment of four clinical scientists; 3) enhance collaborations with clinical scientists and advance training of clinical fellows by placing quality laboratories near the hospital; and 4) renovate an animal cardiac catheterization facility on the first floor. In FY 2001-02 investigators impacted by this renovation held active NIH awards totaling $6,469,602. The CDCH will function as an incubator leading to program and center applications. CDCH will serve as a focal point for a capital fund raising campaign.