NORFOLK, Va. — The Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) celebrated its grand opening Friday, showing off the new state-of-the-art facility.
HRBRC is a partnership between Old Dominion University (ODU), Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Sentara Healthcare and Norfolk State University (NSU).
The new facility has an “innovation and prototype lab,” which houses a digital anatomy printer that creates models replicating the same biomechanical properties as human tissue.
The new facility hopes to “understand and improve community health; fund and conduct critical projects; and develop a robust innovation pipeline in the region.”
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) is set to hold the grand opening for its new facility on Apr. 7.
The new state-of-the-art facility, located at 1040 University Blvd, aims to address health disparities, jumpstart science research and advance biohealth innovations in Hampton Roads.
The facility’s manager, Patrick Ball, said new technology that HRBRC’s lab received allows researchers to create realistic body parts within a quick turnaround time.
He showed an example of a prosthetic arm. The arm is a scan of a research doctor’s arm. Ball said the arm was made to look just like her arm, from her freckles to the wrinkles in her fingers.
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SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) is set to hold the grand opening for its new facility on Apr. 7.
The new state-of-the-art facility, located at 1040 University Blvd, aims to address health disparities, jumpstart science research and advance biohealth innovations in Hampton Roads.
The facility’s manager, Patrick Ball, said new technology that HRBRC’s lab received allows researchers to create realistic body parts within a quick turnaround time.