The UW Carbone Cancer Center will have a very prominent place in the new Interdisciplinary Research Complex (IRC), the final facility of the highly successful UW School of Medicine and Public Health's HealthStar campaign on the UW Health Sciences campus. The largest single component of the new research facility will be the Cancer Research Tower to be located adjacent to UW Hospital and Clinics.

Carbone Legacy Campaign: The fitting tribute to a legend

Dr. Paul P. Carbone led the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center for more than two decades. He distinguished himself around the world as a leader in oncology, and touched countless lives with hope, comfort, and healing.

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the UW Foundation, members of the UWCCC Advisory Board and other community volunteers have joined together in an effort to name the UWCCC for the late Paul P. Carbone, MD. By raising $10 million in private gifts, we have a unique opportunity to leverage additional federal grant funding over the next two years. This is a special window of opportunity to honor Carbone’s memory and fulfill his dreams for the UWCCC. It is our hope that those who received the gift of his exceptional care, teaching, guidance and friendship will now join together to contribute in his name.

“The UW Comprehensive Cancer Center is more than just a building or a floor or a lab. It represents a concept—caring for others,” UWCCC Director George Wilding says. “This is the way in which my former colleague Paul Carbone approached his work and each of his patients. That’s why naming the UWCCC for him is so fitting.”

New Cancer Research Tower

New facilities for cancer research are a necessity for us to stay competitive as one of the nation’s leading cancer centers,” says Director Wilding. “There literally is no space in our existing facilities for new recruits and investigators.”

The new cancer space in tower will consist of four laboratory and office floors, roughly 100,000 square feet space dedicated to breakthrough cancer research.

The tower will facilitate the daily collaborations among researchers and clinicians. It will bring together key shared services and equipment vital to the research process, providing the space and technology for discovery to flourish.

The project presents opportunities for donors to name the Cancer Research Tower itself, the laboratory floors within it either individually or collectively, and various other research support and office spaces.

This vision and the promise it holds are dependent on private support. The campaigns for the Carbone Legacy and the Cancer Research Tower are central priorities for the School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Foundation. We look forward to working with our alumni, friends and all others hoping to achieve a world without cancer.

Achieving this vision requires significant private support along with the partnership of the State of Wisconsin and the University. We invite you to join us.

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