Here are six recent donations, grants or gifts given to healthcare organizations by various entities in the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
1. Irving family presents record $700M bequest to NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University
NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University, both located in New York City, received a $700 million bequest from Florence Irving and her late husband Herbert Irving — the largest gift in the academic medical institution’s history.
2. UPMC Susquehanna receives nearly $300k grant for improvements around Lock Haven Hospital
Lock Haven (Pa.) Hospital, the facility purchased earlier this year by Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna, is the beneficiary of a $285,266 state grant for a streetscape improvement project.
3. U of Arizona, National Jewish Health receive $8.5M grant to improve asthma care
Tucson-based University of Arizona Health Sciences and Denver-based National Jewish Health received an $8.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to improve asthma care for the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
4. U of Texas renames nursing school after receiving record-breaking donation
Houston-based University of Texas Health Sciences Center renamed its nursing school Wednesday after a record-breaking $25 million donation.
5. U of Utah Hospital receives $5.3M gift from local family to advance diabetes treatment
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Hospital received a $5.3 million donation from the Lary H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation to advance a diabetes prevention initiative.
6. U of Arizona Cancer Center receives $2M to study selenium supplementation
The Tucson-based University of Arizona Cancer Center received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance research on selenium supplementation, a type of dietary supplement, to clarify conflicting information about its link to cancer risk.
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