The Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, which opened in March of 2006, is the centerpiece of the University of Georgia ’s interdisciplinary biomedical enterprise. This handsome, state-of-the-art facility is a fitting memorial to the late U.S. Senator from Georgia, whose career was distinguished by a commitment to education and the biomedical research enterprise. The Coverdell houses internationally recognized biomedical researchers and scientists-in-training whose research programs address the health needs of the state, nation and world.
The 140,000 square foot Coverdell Building houses a dynamic, interactive mix of disciplines with a unifying focus on problems of biomedical importance. Laboratory research-intensive groups include the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD), the Developmental Biology Group (DBG), and the Bio-Imaging Research Center (BIRC), which includes cutting edge technologies for imaging human and animal tissues. The Coverdell also includes the Health and Risk Communications Group (HRCG), the administrative homes of the College of Public Health (CPH) and the Biomedical Health Sciences Institute (BHSI), and the CPH’s Department of Health Administration, Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
Besides laboratories and administrative offices, the Coverdell includes the University’s premier animal facility, which provides excellent facilities for researchers using or studying rodent, primarily mouse, and fish models. Also included are specialized spaces for bioimaging for studies of bacterial pathogens. The research facilities within the Coverdell Building represent a departure from traditional laboratory architecture in that they are designed as ‘laboratories without walls’. The building also contains attractive spaces for informal and formal gatherings of small to large groups. Together, these distinguishing architectural features encourage interactions and collaborations among diverse research teams, with the goal of fostering multidisciplinary approaches to important biomedical problems.
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