The University of Louisville is developing the Gheens Foundation Biosensor Reseach Center in Louisville. Funded by a $1.5 million pledge from the Gheens Foundation, the center will conduct biosensor research to create new devices and enable existing heart devices to function more compatibly with the human body. The research center will be part of the new $27.6 million Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII), a partnership between the University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital .
Construction management for the 75,000-sf, five-story Institute will be provided by Gilbane in association with King Bridgeman Bosse Constructors. The facility will be located on the health sciences campus at the Louisville Medical Center. Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan, Inc., the project will include biomedical research labs, bioengineering labs, fabrication facilities, operating and recovery rooms, training facilities, mock circulation labs, administrative offices, a surgical research facility, and medical imaging areas. Completion of the CII is expected in 2006.
