$12 million gift transforms Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center

Anonymous gift promotes increased understanding of nervous system, translates findings into better outcomes for patients. Read more »

Incubating innovation in primary care

Established through a landmark $30 million gift from an anonymous donor, the HMS Center for Primary Care has made marked progress in just two years. Excited by this promising trajectory, the anonymous donor has given an additional $4 million. Read more »

New York Stem Cell Foundation supports decision-making studies

Chris Harvey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology received a $1.5 million grant to research the neuronal circuit mechanisms that drive short-term memory and decision-making. Read more »

Abundance Foundation creates 'agents of change'

The Abundance Foundation has supported numerous projects at HMS. Its most recent gift, totaling more than $1.3 million, creates two new funds: one to advance global mental health and another to inspire innovation among students dedicated to improving health care. Read more »

Robert Kaplan invests in Paul Farmer's leadership and vision

Inspired by Farmer's courage, passion, and enormous energy, Kaplan has given $1 million to support the Chair's Fund in Global Health Delivery at HMS. Read more »

Burroughs Wellcome Fund grants tackle perplexing issues

Among the 2012 recipients of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface two HMS research fellows from the Department of Systems Biology. Each will receive $500,000 over five years to support their work. Read more »

Lynch Foundation renews systems biology fellowship support

Since its inception in 2008, the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Fellowship in Systems Biology Fund at Harvard Medical School has been helping nurture graduate students as they pursue their research and education. Now, a generous $1 million gift extends this program. Read more »

HHMI fellowship gives students real-world research experience

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has committed $546,000 to support eight Medical Research Fellows at HMS. Read more »

Ellison Medical Foundation grant deepens understanding of aging

With help from a $390,122 grant as a New Scholar in Aging, Biomedical Informatics Research Associate Peter Kharchenko, PhD, hopes to better understand aging and how it impacts sensitive parts of the genome. Read more »

Hospice of the Valley invests in policy solutions

HOV has committed $350,000 to create the Hospice of the Valley Fund for Improving Health Care Markets at HMS to support faculty members in the Department of Health Care Policy. Read more »

LSRF framework links sponsors with inspired scientists

The Life Science Research Foundation’s (LSRF) helped pair the HHMI with two HMS researchers, resulting in a $336,000 gift. Read more »

Paul family supports the best and brightest

Larry Paul, MD '90 and his wife, Kathleen, have endowed a scholarship fund to help ensure the best and brightest students continue to choose HMS. Read more »

Spurgeon Fund punctuates legacy of giving back

The Dorsett L. Spurgeon and Mary Dutcher Spurgeon Fund advances the basic research of a promising postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty member each year. Read more »

Laird Patterson, MD ’68 supports students

To mark her 45th Reunion, and in response to the increasing cost of medical education, Patterson has established a Scholarship Fund to support students committed to to equal rights and HIV/AIDS with a $250,000 charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT). Read more »

Professorships

At Harvard Medical School, endowed professorships represent the highest honor bestowed upon faculty members. Learn about the most recent inaugural incumbents. Read more »