UCLA receives $10 million to launch Howard and Irene Levine Family Center for Movement Disorders

Key takeawaysThe Howard and Irene Levine Family Foundation will provide the resources to endow four chairs and a research fund in the UCLA Department of Neurology to support basic research science on Parkinson ’s disease.The donations are meant to honor Dr. Jeff Bronstein, director of the  UCLA Movement Disorders Program and Clinic.In addition to their medical philanthropy, Howard and Irene Levine have been dedicated supporters of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and its Ziman Center for Real Estate.Donations totaling $10 million from longtime UCLA supporters Howard and Irene Levine and their family foundation will be used to establish theUCLA Howard and Irene Levine Family Center for Movement Disorders at theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Movement disorders, a category of more than 30 neurological conditions causing abnormal body movements, affect approximately 40 million people each year. Perhaps best known is Parkinson ’s disease, which affects 1 million Americans and more than 10 million people worldwide; the disease worsens over time, gradually robbing people of coordinated movement and impairing certain non-motor functions as well.The Howard and Irene Levine Family Foundation will provide the resources for five new endowments in thedepartment of neurology at the school of medicine: a permanent-appointment chair, three term-appointment chairs and a movement disorders research fund — all of which will support basic science research on Parkinsonâ€...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news