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OUTREACH
Gates Center Executive Director Patrick Gaines welcomed the very first group of students to visit the Gates Biomanufcturing Facility.
Spurred by recommendations from our strategic planning process last spring, 2016 was filled with significant outreach opportunities: ongoing requests and invitations from school groups, organizations and individuals; and legislative progress in the area of regenerative medicine in Washington, D.C.
By virtue of our strategic planning process, we were encouraged not just to focus on external audiences, but also to reach out to colleagues and potential collaborators right here on the Anschutz Medical Campus who might benefit from services offered by the Gates Center and Gates Biomanufacturing Facility. Thanks to our gracious staff, whose everyday job descriptions include significant outreach, and champions such as our Gates Advisory Board member Rick Stoddard, we invited numerous on-campus
researchers and clinicians to come hear about the center and the facility—many of whom were amazed to find such resources on the Anschutz Medical Campus.
Our Gates Center lab, located in the Research Center 1 North building on campus, continues to draw numerous school groups, interested individuals and young people seeking career advice. Throughout the year, Gates Center Lab Manager Charlie Wall and others organized presentations and tours for school groups from Arapahoe High School, Aurora Public Schools, CSU Anschutz Scholars, CU Science Discovery, Denver Academy, Mackintosh Academy, Rock Canyon High School, Stanley British Primary School, the Rocky Mountain Stanford University Alumni Association and Vail Mountain School among others.
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