Our Facility: Cardwell Collaborative - Medical Center of the Americas Foundation

Visible from the Interstate 10, on the northern edge of the MCA campus, stands the iconic Cardwell Collaborative building. The $28 million LEED Silver "Certified" facility opened in 2016 and is home to the MCA Foundation headquarters.

The Cardwell Collaborative is a three-story, 60,000 square-foot biomedical research and technology commercialization building named for local businessman and philanthropist Jack Cardwell.

Developed by MCA Tech Park, Inc., a nonprofit subsidiary of the MCA Foundation, the Cardwell Collaborative is a “tech park” in one building. It features 20,000 square feet of biomedical incubator space (wet and dry laboratories, lab support, private offices, open offices and collaboration spaces) in a building that brings private start-up companies and university personnel together under one roof to collaborate.

The Cardwell Collaborative’s physical address is 5130 Gateway Blvd. East, El Paso, Texas 79905.

Current Tenants

MCA Foundation

The Medical Center of the Americas Foundation is committed to creating a biomedical industry and all the elements that make up a biomedical and innovation ecosystem. From assisting with workforce development, providing access to capital, and creating environments ripe for collaborative research, the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation implements projects to assist with the critical elements needed to develop a biomedical industry.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

The only academic health sciences center along the U.S.-Mexico border, TTUHSC El Paso provides the opportunities and environment for direct intellectual and interpersonal exchanges among nursing, medical, and graduate research students on one campus. TTUHSC El Paso has leased the second floor of the Cardwell Collaborative.

UTHealth School of Public Health in El Paso

The UT School of Public Health EPRC offers certificate programs, a general Master of Public Health Degree (Customized, Health Promotion/Behavioral Sciences, and Environmental Health), a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Health, and a Doctor of Public Health degree in Health Promotion/Behavioral Sciences. They offer some of these classes from the Cardwell Collaborative Facility Conference Rooms and occupy office space on the third floor for administrative support.

Exova Diagnostic Laboratory, LLC

Exova Diagnostics Laboratory is a new high complexity clinical lab in El Paso TX. The lab is a CLIA and COLA Accredited Diagnostic Laboratory focusing on Molecular Diagnostics. It is one of the affiliated laboratories to Nova labs LLC. of California. ExovaDx team represents a consortium of experienced laboratory scientists, collections guru, logistics, and technology leaders.