Biomedical Research
Being diagnosed with a chronic or long-term disease can be devastating, so Brown is committed to building outstanding research teams focused on improving people’s lives.
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Research on the Rise
How Brown's investments in collaborative research into cancer, aging, and RNA will inspire innovation and improve individual and population health.
Accelerating Breakthroughs, Finding Cures
Today’s complex health problems are interconnected. Generating the knowledge we need to advance prevention, treatments, and cures requires researchers with the ability to think and work across scientific fields of study. With its culture of innovation and strategic partnerships, there’s no better place for this work to thrive than at Brown.
Generous donor support is helping to strengthen our biomedical research ecosystem at Brown, including:
- Establishing new professorships in areas such as Alzheimer’s, aging, RNA, and cancer research.
- Building the state’s largest academic laboratory that will catalyze breakthroughs in life sciences research.
- Launching a regional cancer center led by a nationally renowned physician-scientist.
- Manipulating the gene networks that determine the rate of aging.
- Untangling the mysteries of human RNA to help prevent and develop treatments for a wide variety of complex diseases.
- Bolstering support for training the next generation of physician-scientists.
Brown will continue to build its capacity as a powerhouse of cooperative, innovative, patient-centered biomedical research with help from supporters like you. The momentum is accelerating: yours could be the gift that unlocks a cure.
Support biomedical research.
With your help, we're deciphering disease, finding cures, and advancing leading-edge research.
For information about specific giving opportunities, from research development to faculty support, please contact:
Cailie Burns
Senior Associate Dean and Strategic Advisor for Advancement
Division of Biology and Medicine
+1 (401) 863-1635
cailie_burns@brown.edu
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