Boston - Construction is underway on a new medical research and clinical facility at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) that is designed to transform the future of medicine. The Brigham Building for the Future, an 11-story, 360,000-square-foot building, is being built on the BWH campus at the corner of Fenwood Road and Vining Street. It will include a state-of-the-art lab and outpatient clinical space, advanced imaging facilities and underground parking. The proximity of research and patient care space is central to the emerging field of translational medicine -- the rapid transition of clinical advances from research laboratories to medical clinics. The facility, scheduled to open in the fall of 2016, will enable BWH to consolidate many of the leases it currently holds for research space throughout the city.
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The Brigham Building for the Future
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"The Brigham Building for the Future will facilitate a pioneering new approach to translational medicine," said BWH president Betsy Nabel, M.D. "By integrating research and patient care in one location, scientists and clinicians will exchange ideas and work together to bring innovations more quickly to the patients who need them most." Dr. Nabel spoke at the groundbreaking along with G. Marshall Moriarty, Esq., chair of the Board of Trustees of Brigham and Women's Hospital, John Polanowicz, the secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Peter Meade, the director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and James Wishart, a patient who spoke about the importance of medical research.
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BWH and Community Leaders Take Part
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The building will be a LEED gold certified facility, with a roof garden to reduce storm water runoff, a system that cleans and reuses storm water for mechanical equipment and a co-generation plant to supply the building with electricity, steam and hot water. The building will be connected to the main BWH campus by a bridge over Fenwood Road. The building was designed by the architectural firm NBBJ and is being built by Suffolk Construction.
Pictured in the photo are:
From L to R: John Polanowicz, Secretary of the Executive Office Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of MA, Peter Meade, Director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Dr. Besty Nabel, President, Brigham and Women’s Healthcare, James Wishart, CRNA, Jeffrey Sanchez, MA state representative, Marshall Moriarty, Esq. Chair, Board of Trustees, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Gary Gottlieb, CEO of Partners Healthcare, Tom Sieniewicz, Partner at Chan Krieger NBBJ, John Fish, CEO of Suffolk Construction, Sonia Chang Diaz, Senator, Massachusetts Second Suffolk District
