The Research and Training Building is a state-of-the-art facility, housing high-tech laboratories, meeting rooms for scientific presentations, a vivarium and UW faculty offices.  Medical researchers, technologists, students, and staff from the University of Washington’s School of Medicine perform research in various areas of Medicine.  From Metabolism and Psychiatry to Pathology and Infectious Diseases, new and innovative techniques are used to conduct studies that will ultimately add to our understanding of health and treatment of diseases.