University of Missouri Board of Curators to consider naming new health facility after Sen. Blunt

Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ)

The University of Missouri Board of Curators is considering naming the new NextGen Precision Health facility on the main University of Missouri campus after Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO). The Board will discuss the proposal at their meeting Thursday ahead of the NextGen building’s grand opening on Oct. 19.

“For three decades, Sen. Roy Blunt has championed the mission of public education in Missouri,” UM President Mun Choi said. “No one has contributed more to the dramatic increase in funding for biomedical research and Pell grants. His efforts to ensure access to high-quality education and health care have surely transformed lives in Missouri and beyond.”

If curators approve, the facility will be named the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building.

The new facility will bring innovators from across the UM System’s four research universities, clinicians and industry leaders together to help in pursuit of life-changing precision health advancements. The initiative aims to shorten the nearly two-decade journey it takes for research findings to become clinical practice.

The 265,000 square-foot building will support and expand the existing research infrastructure of both MU and MU Health Care.

The $221 million project has been financed through federal, state and donor support.