“The University of Florida and UF Health on Tuesday announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving the lives of patients across the globe through the continued expansion of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health. The new investment will spur growth in the areas of national and international telemedicine, Alzheimer’s disease clinical research, mental health, traumatic brain injury and ALS and will help cultivate the next generation of expert researchers tackling these challenging diseases…”
“…The 2019 Fixel gift provided for the recruitment of many faculty members, including Malú Tansey, Ph.D., and Matthew LaVoie, Ph.D., co-directors of UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, who became the first endowed chairs of the institute. The gift also supported the recruitment of Stefan Prokop, M.D., who became the first designated Fixel Scholar and now serves as director of the UF Neuromedicine Human Brain and Tissue Bank.”
Published: Sep 13, 2021