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Rendering: Montgomery Sisam Architects; Photo: Yeremia Djaja

Carleton’s new Health Sciences Building will help researchers work together and address health challenges in a holistic manner.

Health research under one (new) roof

Next fall, Carleton’s Health Sciences an epidemic of lifestyle diseases
and Neuroscience programs will move overwhelming Canada’s health-care
into a brand new home beside the system, the country needs to broaden
Steacie Building and Richcraft Hall. its shift from medical intervention
The state-of-the-art seven-floor Health toward a more holistic approach,
Sciences Building is scheduled for says the chair of Carleton’s Board
completion in July and will host its first of Governors, Chris Carruthers, a
classes in September. champion of the fundraising campaign
The 120,000-square-foot building in support of the Health Sciences
will have many notable features,
including utilities and ductwork We have to anticipate what
that isolate vibrations and occupy
a minimal footprint, high-efficiency the future holds.
energy and water systems worthy
of the top tier of Green Globes Building and program. “We can’t keep
sustainability certification, and labs, spending all our money on the delivery
offices and workspaces designed Olga Janina of health care,” says Carruthers, a
to encourage interaction between retired orthopedic surgeon and former
faculty and students. This ethos of Board of Governors chair Chris Carruthers. chief of staff at The Ottawa Hospital.
transdisciplinary collaboration is “We have to analyze health status,
central not only to the new building must work together to help address study how to predict and prevent
but also to the Health Sciences some of the fundamental health health crises, and anticipate what the
program itself. Researchers from challenges faced by Canada and other future holds.
different areas, from undergraduates countries. “We can use a population health
to distinguished professors, know they With an aging population and approach to help manage diseases

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