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Couple make $6.5 million gift to WashU Medicine
Healthier lives

Couple make $6.5 million gift to WashU Medicine

Won Ro Lee and Kyung Ja Shin Lee are advancing teaching and research in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, where their daughter serves as chief.

December 19, 2025
Support for pancreatic cancer research honors late patriarch
Siteman Cancer Center

Support for pancreatic cancer research honors late patriarch

Spendable fund created by the Nussbaum family is fueling breakthroughs that may lead to novel treatments and better outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.

December 19, 2025
Donors help WashU Medicine expand adult autism care
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Donors help WashU Medicine expand adult autism care

December 19, 2025
Halting Alzheimer’s progression
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Halting Alzheimer’s progression

Funding from parent and entrepreneur Ron Shaich is helping WashU Medicine investigators test potential interventions to treat and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.

July 22, 2025
Alleviating global hunger
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Alleviating global hunger

Support from George and Debra Couch advances efforts led by Jeffrey Gordon to combat childhood malnutrition by producing therapeutic foods that target the gut microbiome.

July 22, 2025
Vagelos gift bolsters physician-scientist training program
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Vagelos gift bolsters physician-scientist training program

July 22, 2025
Donor provides gift for medical research
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Donor provides gift for medical research

Investigators at WashU Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center are using funds from Anita Palmer Corbin’s trust to advance novel approaches to treating diabetes and blood cancers.

April 22, 2025
Ludwig Family Foundation awards $4.5 million grant
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Ludwig Family Foundation awards $4.5 million grant

April 22, 2025
Pledge to medical school fuels blood cancer research
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Pledge to medical school fuels blood cancer research

Funding from Steinbergs will help advance treatments for acute myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma, two diseases with personal significance for the family.

December 27, 2024
Gratitude inspires support for School of Medicine
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Gratitude inspires support for School of Medicine

Andy and Barbara Taylor’s $50 million gift names the neurosurgery department and will enhance research, patient care, and residency and fellowship training.

December 27, 2024

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