An Expanded Home for Health Sciences

Trent University’s DNA Building is dedicated to interdisciplinary teaching and research, especially in the discipline of DNA Forensics.

The building is home to the Trent-Fleming Forensic Science program, Trent faculty from Biology, Nursing, Anthropology, and Psychology, researchers from the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), and the DNA Regional Cluster, a multi-party collaboration between Trent University, OMNR, the City of Peterborough, Fleming College, the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPAEDC), the International Consortium on Anti-Virals (ICAV) and the private sector.

Thanks to $20.7 million in generous financial support from both the federal and provincial governments through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), a second module will be added to the recently completed Health Sciences facility at the DNA Building at Trent. The new facility will provide a modern new home for the University’s Nursing, Psychology and Anthropology programs in module C, alongside the relocated Biology Department in module D.

Modules C&D Building Features

Dynamic and innovative features of the new Health Sciences Facility at Trent University include:

Module C:

• New space, including construction of a new nursing centre learning lab, to showcase the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
• Office and lab space to create a new home for the recently approved Master’s program in Psychology and a potential Master’s of Nursing degree program, providing state-of-the-art expanded facilities for graduate students
• New and relocated labs for the Psychology department, including a developmental observation lab designed to examine and evaluate behaviour in different settings and environments
• A new home for Trent’s Emotional Health research lab and the Canada Research Chair in Emotion and Health
• A new platform to support the networking of Trent faculty affiliated with the Centre for Health Studies
• Opportunities to create new research linkages between Psychology and Education faculty
• Opportunities to backfill current facilities with emerging needs in the sciences -- including groundbreaking new programs in Biomaterials and Materials Sciences
• A clustering of teaching and research expertise including: enhanced life sciences capacity, sustainable and healthy communities, forensic sciences, sustainable agriculture, and environmental sciences.
• Enhanced incubation facilities for industry and research, which will increase the capacity to train students in advanced knowledge areas.
• Upgraded health and safety features for the delivery of  research and development

Module D:

• A new home for Trent’s Biology Department
• A new animal care facility

Module C of the new Health Sciences Facility at Trent University is slated for opening in 2010. Module D will open in Spring 2011.