Emory University continues to expand its capacity for medical research and care as it begins construction on a new building dedicated primarily to pediatric care. The new facility is envisioned as a partnership between Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory as well as other Atlanta-area institutions such as the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Morehouse College School of Medicine.
Speaking about the new facility, S. Wright Caughman, M.D. and CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, argued "This partnership will lead to continued medical advances that will benefit pediatric and adult patients in Georgia and throughout the world and will help Emory and Children's reach the top ranks of pediatric research institutions."
Even beyond the prodigious resources for research the facility will house, the vision for the building's architecture is impressive. Seen above, the building, which is to be located on Haygood Drive, will be about 200,000 square feet and five stories, with four above ground and one below. Taking advantage of the proximately located resources of a large research university, part of the construction will include a bridge connecting the new building to Emory-Children's Center, which stands adjacent to the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta headquarters, which also houses the Emory Department of Pediatrics.
The chair of the Pediatrics Department at Emory, Barbara Stoll, waxed poetic on the bridge, saying "The bridge that links the new research building to the Emory-Children's Center is an architectural highlight and gateway to the Emory campus. But more importantly, the bridge is a symbolic link between Emory and Children's and reflects our shared commitment to child health." Caughman sounded a similar note, reflecting that "in breaking ground for this new building, we celebrate our long partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the momentum of our growing research collaborations."
The building is also projected to be LEED certified, reflecting the university's commitment to energy efficiency. When construction finishes on the new site, projected for 2013, it seems likely that it will provide a huge boost to the research capacity of Emory and the Atlanta life sciences community as a whole, not to mention its patients.
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