The University of Missouri hosted a virtual topping off ceremony to celebrate the last steel beam being placed atop the $220.8-million NextGen Precision Health Institute. As the cornerstone of the statewide NextGen Precision Health Initiative, the institute will be the home of translational research and life-saving precision health solutions that will benefit Missourians and the world.
The 265,000 square-foot, five-story precision health facility will provide space for more than 60 principal investigators to conduct research in areas such as engineering, medicine, arts and science, veterinary medicine and animal sciences. The building will include laboratories, classrooms and innovative space for faculty, researchers and industry partners to collaborate.
In addition to harnessing and supporting the research activities of the UM System’s four universities and health system, the NextGen Precision Health Initiative is expected to accelerate medical breakthroughs, increase collaboration among UM System scientists and industry partners, attract research funding, generate jobs and train a new generation of healthcare scientists and practitioners.
Construction on the facility, which is located on MU’s campus near University Hospital, began during Summer 2019. Expected completion is October 2021.
James Abbey, senior director for strategic innovation for the UM System and MU, serves as project manager for the facility while Burns & McDonnell has been hired to do detail programming, equipment planning, building and site design.
To view the virtual topping off, click here.
Photo rendering: https://www.umkc.edu/.
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