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The Anne and Jerome Fisher Translational Research Center at Penn Medicine

MEDICAL RESEARCH AND CARE ARE UNDERGOING one of the most dramatic transformations in recent history. Translational medicine is spanning the borders between lab bench and bedside, translating breakthroughs in basic research into advanced treatments for patients more quickly. The great advances of our times, such as personalized medicine and genetically based therapies, depend upon tighter integration between patient care and emerging research.

Penn Medicine has long been a pioneer in translational medicine. Now we have an opportunity to transform our campus to reflect — and support — this new geography of medicine. The new Anne and Jerome Fisher Translational Research Center, scheduled to open in 2010, will be the first dedicated medical research building at Penn — and one of the first anywhere — that is physically integrated into facilities for patient care. Connected to Penn Medicine’s newest centers, the building will create a complex dedicated to giving patients faster access to the most advanced treatment anywhere. The new facility also will give our world-class faculty the space to extend the scope and impact of their research in critical areas such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, and neurological disease.

We invite you to join us in supporting this $400 million project, part of Making History: The Campaign for Penn. It will reshape our campus as we accelerate the transformation of medicine.

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Vital Stats

Completion Date:
Summer 2010 (projected)

Size:
8 floors

Research Space:
400,000 square feet devoted to basic, clinical, and translational research

Faculty Supported:
The new building will provide research and/or office space for approximately 100 faculty (principal investigators) and 900 other related staff

Enhancements:
A direct connection to clinical programs, offering unparalleled opportunity for translation science; office zones directly accessible to/from lab space to promote integration of wet bench and computational research activities; offices arranged in “pods” to promote faculty interaction within research areas; auditorium, conferencing, and eating areas adjacent to clinical building, further promoting interaction among clinical and research staff; 144 wet benches per floor; highly efficient open lab and lab support areas for maximum research flexibility

Building Features:
A 225-person-capacity auditorium; conference room space on every lab floor; retail space on ground level

Location:
The new translational research building will be physically integrated with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and the Roberts Proton Therapy Center on the former site of the Pennsylvania Convention Hall