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❮News Cleveland Clinic Announces New Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health

01/25/2021

Cleveland Clinic Announces New Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health

Through a $500 million partnership with the State of Ohio, JobsOhio and Ohio Development Services Agency, Cleveland Clinic will strengthen and grow its commitment to infectious disease research as the new Center will support research, education and grow new jobs in Ohio.

Cleveland Clinic will significantly expand its global commitment to infectious disease research and translational programs to form the Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health, made possible as part of the new Cleveland Innovation District announced today.

The new Center will position Ohio as an international leader for research into emerging pathogens and virus-related diseases and will serve as a significant economic catalyst in Northeast Ohio, thanks to support from a $500 million investment from the State of Ohio, JobsOhio and Cleveland Clinic.

“The Cleveland Innovation District creates partnerships across different sectors of the economy and positions Ohio as a competitive place to invest in,” said Governor Mike DeWine. “Each of the Cleveland Innovation District partners bring unique skills and areas of expertise. Having these institutions partner together will help Ohio emerge as a leader in healthcare and IT nationally and globally.”

Multi-pronged benefit: Jobs, scientific advancement, local and global value

The State of Ohio and JobsOhio will invest $200 million to help launch the Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health and Cleveland Clinic plans an additional $300 million as a co-investment to fuel discoveries in our new and existing research facilities. Further, the Center will create new start-up technology companies in the Cleveland Innovation District, attract world-leading corporations to Ohio, and generate an estimated 1,000 new jobs at Cleveland Clinic by 2029 and an additional 7,500 jobs in Ohio by 2034.

“This is the largest research effort in Cleveland Clinic’s 100-year history,” said Tom Mihaljevic, MD, President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic. “The Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health will put Cleveland, Ohio at the forefront of pathogen research and preparing for the next pandemic or health care crisis. The Center will have a significant impact on global health, while creating jobs and educational opportunities in Ohio.”

Headquartered in Cleveland and spanning Cleveland Clinic’s international footprint in Florida, London and Abu Dhabi, the Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health will bring together a research team focused on broadening understanding of viral pathogens, virus-induced cancers, genomics, immunology and immunotherapies. It will expand upon Cleveland Clinic’s existing programs and expertise, with newly recruited world leaders in immunology, cancer biology, immune-oncology and pathogen research, as well as technology development and education. Researchers will expand critical work on studying, preparing and protecting against public health threats such as HIV/AIDS, Dengue fever, Zika and COVID-19.

“The Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health will be a command center to help solve deadly threats to our health, economy and communities,” said Serpil Erzurum, MD, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Research & Academic Officer. “The unparalleled investment in the Center will drive workforce development while leveraging Cleveland Clinic’s research infrastructure to study pathogens and the immune system in novel ways to develop new diagnostic tests, vaccines and treatments.”

Expanding on Cleveland Clinic’s excellence in research and care

Cleveland Clinic, with its world-wide clinical and research operations, top scientists and physicians, medical educational programs and international funding, is uniquely positioned to be a global hub for state-of-the-art pathogen research, clinical care and serving as an incubator for rapidly developing, testing and deploying diagnostics, medicines and vaccines. The Center is organized around six highly collaborative programs with multidisciplinary experts in virology and immunology; personalized medicine and genomics; population health; drug discovery; diagnostic development and integration of big data with patient care.

The Center is led by Jae Jung, PhD, an internationally renowned expert in virology and virus-induced cancers who has broken ground in the field of inflammation, immune-oncology and emerging pathogens. Dr. Jung is also Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology. This team plans to recruit more than 300 scientists in the next five to seven years.

The support of JobsOhio will position the Center to thrive not just as a research center but a commercial force that will drive new products, jobs and economic development in Ohio. Working closely with Cleveland Innovation District partner organizations Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State, The MetroHealth System and University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic will provide workforce development training for job opportunities as the Center expands.

“Through this unprecedented investment, we will establish educational and career opportunities for Ohioans with the goal of attracting and retaining the very best talent,” said Dr. Erzurum. “A major focus will be training the next generation of Ohio’s workforce for careers that are growing in science, education and health care. We are thrilled to be part of the Cleveland Innovation District which promises to transform Northeast Ohio into an economic engine for biomedicine.”

For more on the new Center, visit https://www.lerner.ccf.org/pathogen-research/.  

Adapted from the Cleveland Clinic Newsroom.

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