Grant to support research on neurodegenerative disorders
Ashrafi receives Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award (Links to an external site)
Category: Research
The Bonnie and Kerry Preete Cancer Research Fund
A grateful patient and his wife pledge support for research into immunotherapy as a cancer treatment. The outcomes their donation help to advance are beyond their expectations.
The Joseph E. Rechter Breakthrough Frontier Fund
In memory of his sister, Linda, Joseph Rechter establishes an endowed fund for the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine to bolster innovative research into the causes and treatment of mental illness in young people.
The Mitchell and Friends Foundation
Michele and Matt Herndon honor their late son, Mitchell, by building the support community he longed for while coping with an unknown neurodegenerative disorder.
Bequest from late WashU employee supports COPD research (Links to an external site)
Ruth Bebermeyer’s $1.3 million bequest honors sister and will advance drug discovery and treatment.
Needlemans commit $15 million to boost drug discovery (Links to an external site)
A generous $15 million commitment from Philip and Sima Needleman, longtime benefactors of Washington University in St. Louis, will enable WashU to leverage its expertise in biomedical discovery to boost drug development.
Knight family establishes matching challenge for Alzheimer’s research (Links to an external site)
Generous commitment will match all gifts for first-of-its-kind prevention study
Gifts for COVID-19 research help advance breakthrough discoveries (Links to an external site)
Community leaders provide more than $4 million in seed funding
Couple honors father with pledge for research (Links to an external site)
Gift will support study of genomic approaches to lung cancer
Alumna aims to advance the fight against pancreatic and prostate cancer (Links to an external site)
Anita Artstein-Dunsay’s contributions to the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center will help Washington University scientists study the underlying mechanisms of cancer.