Friday, September 01, 2006
Burnham Institute to Build New Campus Next to UCF College of Medicine
The California-based Burnham Institute for Medical Research will build its new Florida campus next to the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine at Lake Nona, institute president John Reed announced Wednesday.
The addition of the Burnham Institute and the expected inclusion of a veterans’ hospital virtually assure the creation of a “medical city” cluster of biotechnology companies and research, UCF President John Hitt said Wednesday.
The institute selected Orlando over Port St. Lucie. Burnham’s decision creates many opportunities for partnerships with UCF researchers in areas such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and infectious diseases. UCF has been expanding its biomedical research programs through the Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences and other colleges and in anticipation of the new medical school, which is set to open in fall 2009.
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