April 26, 2018
Groundbreaking occurs for new UW population health building
The University of Washington broke ground on April 25 for the new population health building on its Seattle campus, a 290,000-square-foot facility that will be the home for the Population Health Initiative.
The new building will create a space for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation to better understand and improve all the factors that influence the health and well-being of populations here and across the globe. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Department of Global Health and portions of the School of Public Health will also all be located in the building.
The building was made possible by a transformative $210 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and $15 million in earmarked funding from the Legislature.