Category: Science

Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad Give $5 Million to Honor Caltech President Emeritus David Baltimore

Deborah Williams-Hedges, 626-395-3227, debwms@caltech.edu Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad Give $5 Million to Honor Caltech President Emeritus David Baltimore PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, March 26, 2018—Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Caltech trustee Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have pledged $5 million through The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to endow a professorial chair at Caltech. The chair will… Read more »

$1.2 Million Gift from The Broad Foundation Will Support Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research at UCLA

Swati Pandey, 310-954-5049, spandey@broadfoundation.org $1.2 Million Gift from The Broad Foundation Will Support Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research at UCLA LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2017—The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to four UCLA researchers pursuing early-stage inflammatory bowel disease research, the foundation announced today. The new grant brings the foundation’s support of… Read more »

On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2017–On the 10th anniversary of the three California stem cell research centers funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation,… Read more »

Seven High School Students Receive Opportunity to Conduct Digestive Disease Research

Media Contact Rachel Steigerwald, media@gastro.org Seven High School Students Receive Opportunity to Conduct Digestive Disease Research This award has been made possible by a grant from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Bethesda, MD, Aug. 7, 2014—The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced the 2014 AGA-Eli and Edythe Broad Student Research Fellowship Award… Read more »

Stem cell research at Keck Medicine of USC boosted by $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Media Contact Leslie Ridgeway, 323-442-2823, lridgewa@usc.edu Stem cell research at Keck Medicine of USC boosted by $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Investment supports emerging scientists preparing to start their own laboratories LOS ANGELES May 20, 2014—Keck Medicine of USC has received a $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation… Read more »

$4 Million from Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Will Support UCLA Research

  Media Contacts Rachel Champeau, rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu Shaun Mason, smason@mednet.ucla.edu Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org $4 Million from Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Will Support UCLA Research LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2014—Two new gifts will benefit faculty in stem cell science and digestive diseases Two new gifts from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling… Read more »

Broad Medical Research Program to Merge with Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America

Media Contacts Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Erin Mulvey Stoeber, 646-943-7458, estoeber@ccfa.org Broad Medical Research Program to Merge with Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2013—The Broad Medical Research Program, which funds innovative early-stage research into inflammatory bowel disease, will merge with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America… Read more »

Broad Institute Launches Next Decade With New $100 Million Gift

Media Contacts Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Nicole Davis, 617-714-7152, ndavis@broadinstitute.org Broad Institute Launches Next Decade With New $100 Million Gift Historic pledge from Eli and Edythe Broad to propel institute into a new decade of biomedical discovery to benefit patients CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov. 14, 2013—American philanthropists and entrepreneurs Eli and Edythe Broad announced today they… Read more »

Broad Institute Director Eric Lander Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Broad Institute Director Eric Lander Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2013—Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute, has been named one of 11 inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The $3 million award is the largest academic prize for medicine and biology, more… Read more »