The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation has donated $4 million to the University of California Global Health Institute to support new cross-campus and interdisciplinary education and research programs that aim to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable people and communities throughout California and across the globe.
The Los Angeles–based foundation was founded by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, executive director of the UCLA Wireless Health Institute and a visiting professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, and his wife, Michele Chan, a television and film actress.
This gift will be used to fund research fellowships and scholarships for UC faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and professional students. It will fund the initial strategic planning for a multi-campus master's degree program in global health — the first of its kind. In addition, the gift will enable the Global Health Institute to launch new initiatives, such as a 10-campus lecture series that will use technology to connect people across the UC system and a "global health incubator" to generate ideas to help solve the world's pressing global health problems.
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