A new $500,000 multi-sited children’s research facility that opened in northern Mexico in June was named in honor of nursing grad Ruth Anderson ’01 and her uncle and aunt, James and Jeanne Adams.

Made possible by an anonymous donor, the Adams/Anderson Children’s Laboratory — located principally in Monclova, Coahuila — allows physicians from across the United States and elsewhere to study the latest international clinical techniques to treat major childhood diseases such as cancer, heart disease, severe trauma, diabetes and viral disorders. Some of the cutting-edge techniques utilized at the facility include ultra-violet blood irradiation, hemolytic perfusion and laser strand light therapy.

Anderson works in the neonatal intensive care unit/Help Flight team at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont. She also facilitates shipments of advanced U.S. neonatal equipment to hospitals in Monclova, and she plans to visit the lab bearing her name in the coming months. “I am looking forward to going to Monclova and working in some of the neonatal hospital facilities associated with this new multi-site laboratory,” Anderson said. “It is exciting.”