MacDonough family’s philanthropy benefits movement disorder research and physical therapy scholarships
Relationships drive investment in WashU Medicine (Links to an external site)
Category: Donors
Donor’s gift powers new frontier in Alzheimer’s research
Former pharma executive turns family’s challenge into hope for others John Ludwig has watched his wife of nearly 40 years, Sue, slowly decline from Alzheimer’s disease since she was diagnosed in 2019 at age 64. The experience has brought home a painful reality: People like Sue — and the more than 7 million other Americans […]
An autism clinic born from love
Couple’s gift transforms their family’s challenges into hope for others
Couches advance gut microbiome research to combat malnutrition (Links to an external site)
Support from George and Debra Couch advances efforts led by Jeffrey Gordon to combat childhood malnutrition by producing therapeutic foods that target the gut microbiome.
A businessman’s strategic gift powers Alzheimer’s disease research (Links to an external site)
Funding from parent and entrepreneur Ron Shaich is helping WashU Medicine investigators test potential interventions to treat and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Transformative $15 million gift bolsters WashU Medicine’s physician-scientist training program (Links to an external site)
Partner Profile: Kevyn Schroeder (Links to an external site)
For financial advisor Kevyn Schroeder, her first career as a nurse at St. Louis Children’s Hospital may not have lasted a lifetime, but it did make an enduring impression on her life. One of the most meaningful takeaways was a friendship she built with Penny Shackelford, MD ’68, professor emerita of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Donor provides gift for diabetes, blood cancer research (Links to an external site)
Funding from Anita Palmer Corbin’s trust will help investigators develop new treatments
Passionate about supporting WashU (Links to an external site)
Great medical school mentors shaped Jay Kaiser’s career as a radiologist. Now, he and his wife make sure other aspiring physicians can have the same experience.
Gratitude inspires generous support for WashU Medicine’s neurosurgery department (Links to an external site)
In recognition of $50 million gift from Andrew and Barbara Taylor, department has been named the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery