The Foundation is excited to announce today the creation of the Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology, with a $35 million gift from researcher, philanthropist and race car driver Ted Giovanis.
The Institute will enable scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine to study the biological roots of the most fatal aspect of cancer: how it metastasizes or spreads through the body.
The contribution is a 15-year commitment and the Institute’s researchers aim to make discoveries that reveal common features of metastasis across cancer types, with the potential to develop new therapies.
Read the full announcement from Johns Hopkins Medicine here.
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Ted’s Take: There are no stakeholders, it’s just US
The word “stakeholder” really bothers me particularly in the healthcare space. I’m struck by a quote by Ken Burns.
“The thing that I’ve learned is that there is no ‘them.’ This is what everybody does: make a distinction about ‘them.’ It’s just ‘us’.”
Ted’s Take: The Last Tenth
In racing, we measure this in lap times often down to the second or tenths of a second. A recent racing article provoked me to think about the pursuit of “the last tenth” of a second in improvement which is typically the toughest and most difficult to attain.
Ted‘s Take: Power in Perspective – or Academia versus the Real World
There’s an old adage – them that can do – do. Them that can’t do – teach. Many institutions and academia generally rely on credentialed academicians equating credentials with mastery of a subject area.
Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis
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