GLASGOW University’s £32 million Imaging Centre of Excellence (Ice) opens this week, bringing benefits for patients across Scotland and hundreds of new jobs.
Ice brings together world-leading research, cutting edge technology and international business investment under one roof at its home at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus.
The centre will act as a hub for translating science into economic and patient benefit for Glasgow, Scotland and the UK, the university said.
The project will bring 396 new high-value jobs to the city over a seven-year period and will contribute £88m to the local economy, according to independent assessment.
Built in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), the medical research facility will be opened tomorrow by the chief executive-designate of UK Research and Innovation, Professor Sir Mark Walport.
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak, above, the vice-principal and head of the college of medical, veterinary and life sciences at the university, said: “Ice will be a world-leading example of a precision medicine centre, bringing together the key partners of the University of Glasgow, the NHS and industry to further clinical research and ultimately bring economic and patient benefits not only for Glasgow, but to the whole of Scotland.
“Ice isn’t about ivory tower research, it is about bringing world-leading clinical academics together with industry to collaborate and to create something that not only positively benefits patients but also brings a meaningful economic benefit as well.”
Robert Calderwood, NHSGGC’s chief executive, said the centre will provide the most advanced imaging facilities in the world on the hospital campus.
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