Revealing the Future of the UMKC Health Sciences District
The University of Missouri- Kansas City at a Tuesday event revealed the design of its largest capital investment to date: the $120 Million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building.
UMKC expects to break ground next year on this new building, with key funding from the state of Missouri and visionary Kansas City donors coming together to support this cornerstone project that will launch a new era for the UMKC Health Sciences District and health-care access.
The six-story 200,000-square-foot building will be constructed on what is now a parking lot at 25th and Charlotte streets. The project will enable the university to provide state-of-the-art education for the next generation of health-care providers, find newer and better ways to serve patients in need, strengthen collaborations with surrounding neighborhoods and facilitate greater interdisciplinary partnerships to fuel innovation and research.
“The new Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building will be one of a kind,” said UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal. “We know of only one other combined medical and dental education building in the nation, and none other that will include what ours will with a unique combination of collaborative programs focused on elevating health care.”
Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center.
In Partnership with MU and other University of Missouri System universities, UMKC leads a center focused on creating new advances in data sciences an analytics. The new space in the building will provide the center opportunities to focus the power of data science on transforming the way we personalize health care. The data center within the new facility will provide high-performance computing for industry, government and nonprofit organizations within our region to solve data-intensive computing problems.
Story by: Stacy Downs, Strategic Marketing and Communications
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Published: Oct 17, 2023
