UNR CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Recognizing the need for improved health outcomes statewide, the University of Nevada School of Medicine (SOM) secured state funding to build the Center for Molecular Medicine. This translational research facility, the first project at the SOM in over thirty years, will expand the University’s research capabilities in cancer and other diseases. The center serves as an advanced technology resource for northern Nevada, attracting biotech industries and expanding the state’s scientific workforce for private sector investment. The facility consists of two main components: a biological research laboratory building connected to a clinical office building. The laboratory building includes three levels of wet labs with researcher office suites and a lower-level vivarium. The medical office building provides the main entrance to the complex, general classrooms, a 100-seat auditorium, and clinical and administrative office space. A key goal of the project was to facilitate collaboration between researchers in both the new and existing laboratories and the clinical staff of the medical offices. The project began with an extensive visioning process involving researchers, faculty, and SOM administration, followed by facility programming, site analysis, site design, and functional planning. The project was completed in the fall of 2010. 

Dwayne R. Eshenbaugh, AIA was an Associate at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini when working on the project. His role was Project Manager and Design Architect.