Marking the first completed phase of its $625 million Lawrenceville campus this morning,
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC opened the new John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center.
Named to honor John G. Rangos Sr., who has contributed more than $8 million to support key research into childhood diseases, the $125 million center houses space for 70 principal investigators, a flexible state-of-the-art conference center and a diabetes research laboratory. Also housed within the 10-story center is the Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research.
Designed to support biomedical research in fields including genomics, immunology and neuroscience, the 300,000-square-foot facility fosters a shared research environment and features extensive natural light. The center's open laboratory floor plan includes offices and conference rooms arranged around a glass perimeter.
“We have the fastest growing pediatric research program in the county. The building is designed to foster collaboration and new ideas,” says Roger Oxendale, with Children’s Hospital. “It will bring researchers together to share what they’re thinking about and doing in their labs, and will also help us be good stewards of the research infrastructure.”
Children's Hospital is seeking LEED-certification for the new 10-acre complex, which is designed by Pittsburgh-based
Astorino. Contractors are
Barton Malow,
PJ Dick and
Hunt Construction. Opening festivities are set for the first weekend in April.
Head of Chambers Development Company, Rangos was appointed to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation’s Board of Trustees in 2001, and has provided $6 million in gifts to the center. Center director is David Perlmutter, MD, physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital and chair of UPMC's department of pediatrics.
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Jennifer BaronSources: Roger Oxendale, CEO, Children’s Hospital and president, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation; Marc Lukasiak, coordinator, media relations, Children’s Hospital
Image courtesy Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC