Fondren Foundation commits $15 million to Houston Methodist to pioneer treatments

(Houston Methodist) The Fondren Foundation committed $15 million to Houston Methodist to support the Food and Health Alliance, Immunology Center and to create the Fondren Inflammation Collaborative, a multidisciplinary program to address complex allergy, immunologic, autoimmune and GI conditions. The gift will also fund research, education and counseling and train the next generation of physician scientists. The collaborative will seek to understand how inflammation impacts immunologic and gastrointestinal conditions. Multicenter clinical trials will follow, focusing on innovative treatments.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news