IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

描述（由申请人提供）：在UMC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。中心将协助招聘四名高质素教员；其中三个是通过专门针对生命科学任务的国家基金来预算的，第四个是通过捐赠教授来预算的。由于缺乏研究空间，CDCH的教师招聘被推迟。第四层现有空间（8900平方米）的改造。第一个（500平方英尺）SOM的3层楼解决了CDCH的直接空间需求。

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.