Numerous healthcare organizations recently received donations to fund research, advance treatments, improve patient care and start renovations.
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.