IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

描述（由申请人提供）：在UMC突出的生物医学研究的扩展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助。 CDCH的成立是为了实现将基础科学转化为临床研究的目标。 CDCH将促进招聘四名高素质的教师;三名通过针对生命科学使命增强的国家特别资金预算，第四名通过捐赠的教授职位。 由于缺乏研究空间，CDCH教师招聘被推迟。 翻新第四层现有空间（8，900平方米）英尺第一个（500平方米）（英尺）SOM的地板解决了CDCH的直接空间需求。 拟议翻修的空间已有30年历史。 它从未被更新过。 翻修将：1）容纳和促进四个国立卫生研究院（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4,600平方米。英尺（a）翻修四楼的实验室空间（超出所需费用匹配的机构承诺），用于征聘四名临床科学家;（b）加强与临床科学家的合作，并通过将高质量的实验室安置在医院附近，提前培训临床研究员;（c）翻修一楼的动物心脏导管插入设施。 在2001- 2002财政年度，受此改造影响的研究人员获得了总额为6，469，602美元的NIH奖励。 CDCH将作为一个孵化器，导致程序和中心的应用。 CDCH将作为资本筹资活动的协调中心。

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.