The Health Sciences Education Building, with investment from the Washington State Legislature and generous donors, is a new state-of-the-art facility that will transform how the UW teaches students, helping them work together more effectively as teams of health professionals, and ultimately preparing them to care for millions of people.
Patients deserve the best care we can give them. Creating a new 21st-century building at the University of Washington is critical so that students and faculty can learn and practice integrated, collaborative health care.
From the COVID-19 pandemic to child welfare to health equity — solving issues affecting population health requires training health-care professionals to work together as a team to care for millions of people.
Fifty years ago, the average person was under the care of three health-care professionals. Now, the average healthy person relies on 16 professionals for their overall health care. But as patients’ health-care networks have grown, studies show that 80% of patient safety issues are related to problems in communication. We envision a future where patients benefit from the combined care of seamlessly integrated teams — of dentists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and social workers.
Integrated patient care is the most important investment we can make for the future of health sciences. A collaborative, team-based approach — for research, education and practice — contributes to more cost-effective outcomes and a healthier public.
The University of Washington offers more than 370 graduate programs across all three UW campuses and online, from master’s to doctoral programs for people who are launching or continuing academic, research or professional careers. To explore or to apply to a graduate program, start with the Graduate School.
The UW School of Law is one of the nation’s top public law schools and one of the world’s most respected centers for interdisciplinary legal scholarship and study. Our innovative, student-focused learning environment prepares our students to succeed in the evolving legal profession and to go on to be leaders for the global common good.
The UW School of Medicine, renowned for its pioneering research, is recognized as one of the nation’s top medical schools. Its unique community-based medical education program, WWAMI, serves a five-state region and emphasizes training clinicians to serve in rural areas.
The UW’s current health sciences facilities are outdated, ill-equipped for the new reality created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and unable to accommodate modern technology and teaching methods.
Expected to open in May 2022, this state-of-the-art new building will enable the UW to transform the future of health care.
The Washington state Legislature has committed to providing $70 million of this $100 million project. The University is seeking an additional $30 million in private support from community members and foundations.
