The concept of the “grand challenge”, of tasking researchers and others with trying to answer big questions to advance their fields, was introduced to charity in 2003 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program. That program set aside $450 million to award grants to researchers tackling big questions in […]
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced Thursday, July 9th, that it is opening a new Lung Cancer Center—The Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research (DCLCR). The DCLCR was made possible by a $25 million donation from MSK board member Stanley Druckenmiller and his wife, Fiona. “Dramatic advancements have been made […]