Officially opened on May 1st, 2015, the Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre is Newfoundland and Labrador’s best-in-class centre for health information in the field of genomics and genetics research. It is housed above the newly constructed Medical Education Centre adjacent to the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, N.L.

The Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre is housed on levels three, four and five, with space on level six shelled-in for future research. The research areas include both wet lab and dry lab research space that is used by researchers and staff from Memorial University and Eastern Health.

The Genetics Research Centre will help the Faculty of Medicine perform cutting-edge research with advanced technology. This technology includes one of the largest and fastest high-performance computing systems in Canada, which enables faster analysis of data related to critical health-care challenges.