The Goizueta Foundation has made a $50 million grant to establish the Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health. The grant renames the Emory Brain Health Personalized Medicine Institute, announced in May, and will take on the Goizueta name.
Tag: Alzheimer’s
Posted inMaggie Lee
Hundreds of seniors lobby Georgia capitol, demand funding, policy changes
“As the baby boomers come in, there are more that are going to need this help.”
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
New $25 million Goizueta gift catapults Alzheimer’s Disease research in Georgia
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Aug. 24, 2018
The Goizueta Foundation has made a new $25 million gift to Emory University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, on top of $29 million it has given the Center since 2014, for a total of $54 million.
Posted inColumns
‘What They Had’ – a family comes to terms with Alzheimer’s
It’s Christmas and the family has gathered in Chicago. During an otherwise normal holiday dinner, the hostess, Ruth (Blythe Danner), with a sweet smile asks her guests, “And how do you two know each other?”
Given that Nick (Michael Shannon) and Bridget (Hilary Swank) are brother and sister and Ruth is their mom, it’s a bit awkward. It is also a bittersweet reminder that her Alzheimer’s isn’t getting any better.
