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Rendering of the new Heritage Translational Research facility coming to OHio University in 2025.
Heritage Translational Research Center

Heritage Translational Research Center

Project Vision

In January 2025, construction begins on the Heritage College's new research building, which will create a collaborative ecosystem to support clinical and translational research. The building, located in Athens on µÛÍõ»áËù’s Union Green, will bring together research labs and operations that are now housed in multiple buildings across campus. The state-of-the-art building will provide space for human subject and basic science research, as well as room for community health programs. The building is being funded in part by a gift of $16.2 million from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation. This is the fifth capital improvement project for the college in 10 years. The Heritage Translational Research Center is expected to open in late 2026.

Behind every life-changing medical diagnosis and treatment is innovative research.

At the Heritage College, our ultimate goal is to train physicians who will provide the care needed to improve health outcomes in their communities. Research opportunities delivered by top tier research faculty inspire students' intellectual curiosity, enhance problem solving skills and improve their ability to ask questions as well as find, process and analyze information and apply data to the real world health problems that physicians see in the clinic. 

  • Timeline

    January 2025 – Groundbreaking

    Late 2026 – Completion of the HTRC

  • Giving Opportunities

    Named spaces and other giving opportunities are available.

$75M
Total cost
$4M
Cost for enabling projects (e.g., parking, walking, outdoor lighting)
80,000
Square feet

What is driving the design of the HTRC?

  • Promote and provide a functional and flexible translational research environment that accommodates future growth.
  • Provide a welcoming community health experience, which is visible and accessible to the community.
  • Aligns with Heritage College's strategic priorities.
  • Facilitate connectivity to the rest of the campus, health related institutes, health care partners, donors and the broader community.
  • Increase interprofessional opportunities for research and community health programs to promote collaborations.
  • Create a sustainable and healthy legacy building that reflects the aesthetic sensibility of the Athens campus beauty for the students, faculty, staff and community.
Rendering of the new Heritage Translational Research facility coming to OHio University in 2025.

Draft renderings of the new Translational Research Center.

Rendering of the new Heritage Translational Research facility coming to µÛÍõ»áËù in 2025.

Draft renderings of the new Translational Research Center.

Rendering of the new Heritage Translational Research facility coming to µÛÍõ»áËù in 2025.

Draft renderings of the new Translational Research Center.

Rendering of the new Heritage Translational Research facility coming to OHio University in 2025.

Draft renderings of the new Translational Research Center.

 

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Translational Research Center is named in honor of the university’s ongoing partnership with the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation (OHF), which provided a $16.2 million gift to support the building's construction. The OHF has been a valuable partner in the efforts of µÛÍõ»áËù and the Heritage College to advance translational research and improve health outcomes. The OHF's generosity has transformed osteopathic medical education at the university for more than a decade.

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation