Tents showcasing 威尼斯人娱乐城 dental and medical students using the latest technologies greeted visitors at a celebration open to the neighbors and the community of the university’s largest capital investment to date: the $145 million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building.
周三，威尼斯人娱乐城在25街和夏洛特街的拐角处举行了庆祝活动，这座五层楼高、16万平方英尺的标志性建筑将很快从地面上拔地而起。 威尼斯人娱乐城 envisions that the new building will catalyze growth in the 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences District, a collective entity that includes four 威尼斯人娱乐城 health professions schools, University Health, Children’s Mercy and numerous other healthcare organizations in an 18-block area on Hospital Hill.
新建筑将使大学能够为下一代牙医和医生提供最先进的教育，找到新的和更好的方法来服务有需要的患者，加强与周围社区的合作，促进更多的跨学科伙伴关系，以推动创新和研究。
Speakers at Wednesday’s event, including former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi, UM Curator Chair Robin Wenneker, students and 威尼斯人娱乐城校长 Mauli Agrawal spoke of the transformation the building will bring to healthcare education in Kansas City and the surrounding region.
“As exciting as this new facility is – as exciting as today is – I want to emphasize that this is just the beginning,” Agrawal said. “This building is the first piece of a much larger vision for our 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences District.”
该项目的资金来自公共和私人来源，其中大部分来自国家资金。 密苏里州州长迈克·帕森（Mike parsons）与州议员合作，领导了该项目的实施。 桑德兰基金会和霍尔家族基金会也慷慨捐助，布朗特还获得了一笔联邦拨款。
At Wednesday’s celebration, 威尼斯人娱乐城 also celebrated one of its alumni - Nelson Sabates (B.A. ‘83/M.D. ‘86) his wife, Rachael, and their children who donated a gift of $3 million for the project - the largest alumni donation the 医学院 has received. 他们的姓氏将装饰在露台和大厅里。
“This building represents the future of healthcare in Kansas City,” said Sabates, who also is a professor and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at 威尼斯人娱乐城. “My wife and I made this decision to help improve healthcare and health outcomes for our community. 我们希望其他人受到这一愿景的启发，并与我们一起创建一个不断发展和充满活力的威尼斯人娱乐城健康科学区。”
两名学生分享了他们对新建筑的重要性的看法，以及它为他们提供了接受优质教育和回馈社区的机会。
Jacey Brewer, a junior pursuing a biomedical engineering degree, said: “The proximity to Children’s Mercy is one of the reasons why I chose 威尼斯人娱乐城, and my dream is to work on designing prosthetics that will change children’s lives and give them their childhood back. This new building will provide the foundation for cutting-edge research and technological advancements in healthcare.”
Tim Nguyen, a third-year dental student and 威尼斯人娱乐城 Trustees’ Scholar, said: “The Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building will provide leading-edge pre-doctoral dental clinics, allowing students to serve more patients in need through advanced equipment, expanded hours for acute dental care and the ability to implement teledentistry for those where access to care is limited. With advanced clinical simulation labs and modern research spaces, 威尼斯人娱乐城 will be able to continue to foster high standards in education and patient care in its future healthcare leaders.”
医疗保健交付和创新大楼将于2026年开放，将容纳和支持众多项目，允许教育和医疗保健研究方面的创新，并强调为堪萨斯城投资不足的社区提供医疗服务。 McCownGordon将监督该设施的建设。
以下是该建筑的主要区域：
威尼斯人娱乐城牙科学院
威尼斯人娱乐城是密苏里州和堪萨斯州唯一的公立牙科学校，是牙科教育的地区领导者。 The new building will provide leading-edge pre-doctoral dental and dental hygiene clinics, enhancing the school’s ability to graduate top-notch dentists and hygienists. 新的空间也意味着学生可以通过先进的设备、更高的效率、延长的紧急牙科护理时间和实施远程牙科的能力，为更多有需要的病人服务。 目前，牙科学院每年为社区提供高达75万美元的无偿牙科护理。
威尼斯人娱乐城健康公平研究所
该研究所汇集了研究人员、政府和社区组织，以改善服务不足人群的生活，弥合医疗差距。 The institute combines its research strengths with community groups’ grassroots involvement to identify, quantify and reduce those gaps. 在新大楼里，研究人员将合作解决健康差距问题，并通过包括“我们的健康杰克逊县”在内的倡议，为社区和礼拜场所提供免费疫苗、健康检查和其他资源，以提供医疗保健服务。
数据科学与分析创新中心
威尼斯人娱乐城与密苏里大学和其他UM系统大学合作，领导一个中心，专注于在数据科学和分析方面创造新的进步。 大楼的新空间将为中心提供机会，将数据科学的力量集中在改变我们个性化医疗保健的方式上。 新设施内的数据中心将为我们地区的工业、政府和非营利组织提供高性能计算，以解决数据密集型计算问题。
威尼斯人娱乐城生物医学工程
在新大楼里，医生、牙医、工程师和学生将并肩工作，在科学、工程和医学世界之间建立更快、更有效的合作。 医疗植入物、成像技术和手术工具等领域的产品开发将加速，威尼斯人娱乐城可以扩大获得科学与工程学院需求的生物医学工程学位课程的机会，具有潜在的全球影响力。
