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Help Us Transform Stroke Research & Care

ENDOWED AND DISTINGUISHED FUNDS FOR A MOBILE STROKE TREATMENT
PROFESSORSHIPS IN STROKE RESEARCH AND UNIT—$250,000 TO $750,000
CLINICAL CARE—$1,500,000 TO $2,000,000
(DISTINGUISHED)
You can support a community initiative that will help
save lives and reduce permanent brain damage and
Endowed professorships are permanent funds that honor disability to stroke victims. A Mobile Stroke Treatment
acclaimed leaders who perform groundbreaking research, Unit will significantly reduce the time from the
mentor PhD candidates and early- and mid-career faculty, beginning of symptoms to the delivery of care using
and help us attract talented fellows, medical students, and blood clot-busting medications—within minutes of the
residents. They recognize and foster faculty excellence, onset of the stroke—rather than waiting until after
and are both the highest distinction the University can the patient arrives at the hospital. The vehicle would
bestow upon its faculty, as well as a vote of confidence be the first in Rochester and the Western and Central
in the faculty who receive them. Professorships also serve New York regions, and includes a highly specialized
as a powerful recruitment tool, drawing new faculty of team and a CT scanner, and uses telemedicine to
established merit from around the world. communicate with the hospital.

PILOT PROJECTS/SEED FUNDS—$25,000 TO
ENDOWED RESEARCH OR CLINICAL $100,000 (ANNUALLY)
FELLOWSHIPS—$750,000 TO $1,500,000

Gifts for pilot projects or seed funds are “risk capital.”
Young investigators and scientists are fundamental These crucial funds allow scientists to shift the direction
A Commitment to Supporting Stroke Care to advancing biomedical research and translating of their research to follow promising leads or new
laboratory findings into treatments for disease. Your
ideas, propelling scientific discoveries in new ways.
support of research fellows will help propel basic, You can help give researchers the time they need to
translational, and applied biomedical research by push the boundaries of science and allow innovative
fueling the imaginations of early career scientists with ideas in stroke therapy and procedures to reach their
great potential. Clinical fellowships help our health care full potential.
practitioners hone their clinical skills and increase their
knowledge of their chosen area of expertise, assimilate
scientific evidence, and provide care of optimal value in GEORGE EASTMAN CIRCLE—$7,500 TO $50,000
a rapidly changing clinical environment. Your support
of clinical fellows will help improve patient and The George Eastman Circle is the University’s leadership
family-centered care.
annual giving society. Pledges, payable for five years,
provide crucial, flexible support. Funds can help
provide ongoing support for education, research, and
patient care to the Departments of Neurology and
Neurosurgery.

For more information about how your gift can
make an impact, please contact James O’Brien at:

jobri18@UR.Rochester.edu
(585) 276-6877