Tour de France record-breaker Lance Armstrong has taken part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the $27 million Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer in South Australia, which was designed by Woodhead.
Armstrong, who is in Adelaide to compete in the international cycling event Tour Down Under, was joined by South Australian premier, Mike Rann, Flinders Medical Centre chairman, Alan Young, as well as members of the Woodhead team.
The research wing of the new integrated cancer centre will be called the LIVESTRONG Cancer Research Centre, and will work on developing early diagnostics and new cancer prevention technologies and strategies.
“We are honored that the new research laboratories within the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer will be named the LIVESTRONG Cancer Research Centre and provide a world-class home to more than 100 of Australia’s leading cancer researchers,” said Armstrong.
“We commend your community for working together to make public health a priority so that the citizens of South Australia will live longer and better lives.” The centre is designed to integrate research across various disciplines and clinical sciences, so that research findings can be applied to clinical practice as quickly as possible.
