Press Releases
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has selected David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D., to receive its fifth annual Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences for discovery of the mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) cellular pathway as a key regulator of growth and metabolism in response to nutrients. Dr. Sabatini is a pioneer in the study of nutrient sensing and the impact of caloric restriction on health and lifespan. The Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be presented to Dr. Sabatini at the FNIH Award Ceremony hosted by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on May 17 in Washington, D.C.
Driven to Cure, Inc., a not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness and funding rare kidney cancer research in children and young adults, has donated $200,000 to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). The donation will support the research of W. Marston Linehan, M.D., Chief of Urologic Surgery and the Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), who is developing novel approaches to treat multiple forms of kidney cancer.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has selected two longstanding, private-sector partners — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Pfizer — as recipients of the inaugural Charles A. Sanders, M.D., Partnership Award. Honoring 20 years of advancing biomedical research under the leadership of former Chairman of the Board Charles A. Sanders, M.D., the award recognizes persons and/or organizations that have made significant contributions to the FNIH’s work to build, implement and nurture private-public partnerships in support of the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announces that patient advocacy groups, private foundations, companies and individual donors have again united in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease by donating more than $14 million to launch the third phase of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI3). Now in its 12th year, this public- private partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has profoundly influenced the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease by identifying and validating biological markers (biomarkers) that signal its onset and progression. Current supporters of ADNI3 are AbbVie, Alzheimer’s Association, Bioclinica, Biogen, Cogstate, DiamiR Biosciences, Eisai, Genentech (a member of the Roche Group), Janssen R&D, LLC, Lundbeck, Merck & Company, Inc., PeopleBio, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Roche, Servier and Takeda. The FNIH anticipates raising a total of $20 million to fund the project.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has unanimously elected Board member Steven M. Paul, M.D., as the new Chairman. Dr. Paul’s term began immediately following the May 19, 2016 Board meeting. Dr. Paul succeeds Charles A. Sanders, M.D., who has served as Chairman since 1997 and will remain a member of the Board. In addition, Thomas R. Insel, M.D., and Paul Stoffels, M.D., were elected as new Board members.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has selected Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., as the 2016 winner of the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences for uncovering the functions of long, noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in epigenetic regulation.
Today, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced the results from a three-year research study that prioritizes and advances the best biological markers (biomarkers) to measure and predict structural changes and treatment responses in osteoarthritis (OA)—one of the most prevalent and disabling diseases in the world.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), today announced that the CNS will contribute $200,000 in funding to an ongoing NINDS national career development program to support an additional early career neurosurgeon, competitively selected as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke—Congress of Neurological Surgeons Getch Scholar (NINDS/CNS Getch Scholar).
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced today a public-private collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), among others.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has unanimously elected Russell W. Steenberg as a Director of the Foundation. His three-year term began immediately after the May 21 Board meeting.