Imagine Tomorrow's Medicine
Imagine a time when Alzheimer disease is preventable and paraplegics
can learn to walk. Imagine having the tools to diagnose heart defects
before they are full-blown disorders and to free patients with kidney
disease from daily dialysis. Imagine a day when cancer is only an
historical footnote in medical textbooks. Lofty visions, perhaps,
but these possibilities may become realities through the careful,
collaborative and creative research at the newly opened Research
II building at the IU School of Medicine.
“Research II is more than just a building with the most advanced
technology research available,” says IUSM Dean D. Craig Brater,
MD, Walter J. Daly Professor. “It is the future of medicine.”
The glass-and-brick design of Research II blends well with the
surrounding Indiana University Hospital, Ruth Lilly Medical Library,
IU Cancer Research Institute, Riley Hospital for Children, VanNuys
Medical Science Building, Wishard Memorial Hospital and the Regenstrief
Institute Inc. Nearby, the sleek cars of the elevated Clarian People
Mover slowly roll by, transporting passengers between the IU Medical
Center campus and Methodist Hospital.
More than half of the 128,215-gross-square-foot facility is dedicated
to laboratories, supporting scientific areas and clinical space.
Its four floors house the Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research
Institute, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Center for Biological
Microscopy, Indiana Center for Biomedical Imaging, and the Department
of Radiology’s Interventional Radiology Research Laboratory.
The building was made possible by a $16 million gift from Dr. Paul
and Carole Stark, which establishes the Stark Neurosciences Research
Center, a $10 million contribution from Clarian Health Partners
and a $2 million donation from the Riley Children’s Foundation.
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