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University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) broke ground on a new Cancer Hospital and Center for Emergency Medicine in Cleveland in August of 2007. Slated for completion in 2010, the free-standing facility will consolidate UHCMC’s cancer services (including diagnosis, treatment, surgery, oncology care, and radiation therapy) in a single location. The Center for Emergency Medicine, slated for completion in 2009, will double UHCMC’s current emergency facilities and will accommodate over 80,000 patient visit per year.

Oklahoma State University broke ground in July of 2007 on the 124,000-sf Interdisciplinary Science Research Building in Stillwater, Okla. Designed by Cannon Design, the $70 million project represents the first of three phases within the planned Technology and Research zone of the campus, aimed at enhancing the university's research, teaching, and outreach efforts.

The University of Kansas Hospital opened the new Cancer Center and Medical Pavilion in Westwood, Kan., in early August of 2007. The 55,000-sf outpatient facility includes private treatment bays, radiology, laboratories, pharmacy, a blood and bone marrow transplant center, patient resource center, urgent care facility, and clinical trial areas.

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) was awarded $14.7 million from the Canadian federal government in summer of 2007 to fund creation of the Molecular Medicine Research Centre. Supporting cancer, cardiac, and neurology research programs, the $44.1 million center will be created in partnership with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and private partners including Philips Medical Systems.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published “Advancing the Nation’s Health: A Guide for Public Health Research Needs, 2006-2015.” Identifying research needs that need to be addressed during the next ten years, the guide is available at http://www.cdc.gov/OD/science/PHResearch/cdcra/.