UVa Children's Hospital News
September 2006
UVa Children's Hospital Outpatient Facility Named
Acknowledging the transformational impact of a $45 million gift from the Ivy Foundation, the Board of Visitors in September approved the naming of two new clinical care facilities and one research building at the Health System.
The Board of Visitors named the Barry and Bill Battle Building at University of Virginia Children's Hospital to honor two longtime champions of children's health in the Charlottesville community. Barry Battle has been involved with UVa Children's Hospital for more than 20 years. She chaired the Children's Medical Center Committee when it was created in the 1980s, as well as the first Children's Hospital telethon. She recently joined the UVa Children's Hospital Campaign Steering Committee. Her husband, William C. Battle (A&S '41, Law '47), chaired the University's first comprehensive fund-raising campaign between 1981 and 1984. The Battles have been long-time supporters of pediatrics and research at the University.
December 2005
Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Medicine at UVa
Gift includes $15 million to UVa Children's Hospital
The Ivy Foundation of Charlottesville has given $45 million to the University of Virginia Health System to expand laboratory space for biomedical research and to speed the translation of new discoveries into effective treatments and cures. The gift will also support new facilities for clinical research and patient care in the areas of cancer and children's health.
"The timing of the Ivy Foundation's gift could not be better," said UVa President John T. Casteen III. "As we embark on an ambitious plan to strengthen the research enterprise and to use our discoveries to address health care needs in our community and around the globe, this gift moves us dramatically closer to our goals. All who benefit from the work of our researchers and clinicians owe a debt of gratitude to the Ivy Foundation and its commitment to advacing biomedical science."
The Ivy gift includes $15 million for a new outpatient facility for UVa Children's Hospital that will bring many of the clinical services for children and families together under one roof. For more information on the impact of the Ivy Foundation gift, click here.