1967 : UC Medical Center created and includes the colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy, and University Hospital, Christian R. Holmes Hospital and the Health Sciences Library. 1982 : Cincinnati General Hospital renamed University of Cincinnati Hospital. 1985 : College of Medicine establishes the Daniel Drake Medal—the highest honor bestowed by the college—in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of College of Medicine Founder Daniel Drake, MD. 1994 : Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati assumes management of UC Hospital and later renames it University Hospital.
1997 : Cardiovascular Research Center opens. 1999 : Vontz Center for Molecular Studies opens.
2003 : The Genome Research Institute opens. Ground is broken on the Medical Sciences Building/Center for Academic Excellence (CARE)-Crawley project. Phase I slated to open in 2007. 2004 : UC’s Elwood Jensen, PhD, honored with Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. 2006 : UC Medical Center adopts the name “Academic Health Center” to better reflect its scope of services. 2007 : UC College of Medicine, University Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center sign memorandum of understanding to support a joint cancer program (now called the Cincinnati Cancer Center, previously Cincinnati Cancer Consortium). The partnership provides scientific and intellectual resources to enable the three institutions to increase the internationally significant research performed. 2008 : The CARE/Crawley Building opens. 2009 : The Genome Research Institute is renamed the Reading Campus and the Metabolic Diseases Institute is created; CARE/Crawley Building Awarded LEED Gold certification for excellence in sustainable building practices; UC and affiliates awarded Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. 2010 : UC Health officially launches; College of Medicine embarks on a curriculum revision effort. 2012 : University Hospital changes its name to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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