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PILLAR 3: Capital IMPACT Campaign Innovation
Pillar Goals

• Expanded classrooms to educate more diverse physicians,
clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals to meet critical
healthcare workforce shortages
• Additional space to accommodate faculty and new degree
programs including advanced practice nursing with a focus
on midwifery
• Interdisciplinary collaboration spaces for student and alumni
mentoring and professional development.
• State-of-the art research labs and equipment with the
latest technology, AI capacity, genomics computation,
cancer, cardiovascular and stroke research, and other Capital Investments
discoveries to address diseases that disproportionately One of many construction projects underway
affect communities of color on the main Morehouse School of Medicine
• Facilities for more natural products research that will help campus is a more than 143,000 sq. ft.
develop products and cures for all that can be distributed academic and research building. Expected
through equity-funded partnerships to cost $125 million, the building will include
spaces for experiential learning, biomedical
To fulfill our mission of advancing health equity and achieving health research, interdepartmental collaboration,
justice, Morehouse School of Medicine must expand its infrastructure and other uses.
to educate a larger student body, conduct groundbreaking research, run
diverse clinical trials, unlock the potential of precision medicine, and This building will be the new home of MSM’s
ultimately address the unique healthcare needs of all communities. Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine,
Morehouse School of Medicine is building upon its legacy of success
to address the evolving needs of Georgia, the nation, and the world. the David Satcher Global Health Equity
MSM is expanding our impact to meet the demands of today and tomorrow through capital Institute, the Cancer Health Equity Institute,
and other MSM research centers. MSM’s
investments. We are challenging the healthcare landscape by providing students with a Vivarium, one of the only certified animal
world-class, culturally competent education that is rooted in innovation and service to our research facilities in the US, will move to the
communities. To be successful in this mission to transform health care and achieve health new facility.
justice, MSM needs larger classrooms, laboratories, study rooms, and collaboration spaces
to support our student growth.
Construction of this building will offer naming
opportunities for donors, allowing MSM to
By investing in Morehouse School of Medicine through the Capital pillar of our IMPACT recognize the financial support of key partners
campaign, you are supporting MSM as we increase our classrooms and laboratories through who are helping us achieve our mission.
the addition of a new academic and research building, enabling MSM to have the physical
capacity to increase class sizes to better address clinical shortages.

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