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James T. Willerson, M.D.
President

Susan Coulter, J.D.
Vice President, Office
of Institutional Advancement

Wendy K. Mohon
Editor

Linda Ha
Web Developer

January, 2006
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Thank You for Stroke Research

 

 

Former Senator and U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen Jr., kisses the hand of Myriam Fornage, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM), in thanks for her research to identify genes that influence stroke susceptibility. They met during a Nov. 4 reception that officially kicked off the $5 million fund-raising effort for The Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Center for Stroke Research at the IMM. During the reception, held at the Coronado Club and attended by more than 100 community leaders and friends, Lan Bentsen, member of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Development Board and son of the former senator, announced that lead gifts total nearly half of the campaign goal. Lloyd Bentsen Jr., who suffered a debilitating stroke in 1998, and his family recently committed $1 million for the creation of the Center for Stroke Research, the focus of which will be to prevent and treat stroke through research on the molecular, genetic and environmental factors that lead to the disease. Photo by Kim Coffman

Former Senator and U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen Jr., kisses the
hand of Myriam Fornage, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Brown
Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human
Diseases (IMM), in thanks for her research to identify genes that influence
stroke susceptibility. They met during a Nov. 4 reception that officially
kicked off the $5 million fund-raising effort for The Senator Lloyd M.
Bentsen Jr. Center for Stroke Research at the IMM. During the reception,
held at the Coronado Club and attended by more than 100 community
leaders and friends, Lan Bentsen, member of The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston Development Board and son of the
former senator, announced that lead gifts total nearly half of the campaign
goal. Lloyd Bentsen Jr., who suffered a debilitating stroke in 1998, and his
family recently committed $1 million for the creation of the Center for
Stroke Research, the focus of which will be to prevent and treat stroke
through research on the molecular, genetic and environmental factors that
lead to the disease. Photo by Kim Coffman

 

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