The first Visiting Professor is Wayne Davis, Ph.D., Professor and former Associate Dean for Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School. Our students expect and deserve teaching and study space that is conducive to learning. A new Science Complex project will get underway in late Spring of 2001. It will offer an opportunity to expand teaching space and greatly enhance the aesthetics of the physical environment. The Medical School is anticipated to receive substantial additional space and a significant portion of this will be allocated to the education mission.
Continued growth depends on the recruitment of outstanding basic science and clinical researchers.
To date, five highly qualified researchers have been recruited and recruitment of additional scientists is ongoing. Outstanding basic science researchers require state of the art laboratories to perform their investigations. As part of the above mentioned Science Complex project, well-equipped core laboratories as well as additional individual research laboratories will be established in the renovated Criss II and III buildings. A clinical strategic planning process was initiated a year ago and several initiatives were identified as desirable to pursue. A business plan for this project is undergoing final review for consideration by the President and Board of Directors of Creighton University.