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When MS affected the Waugh family they decided to create the Waugh Family Chair in MS Research.
“Finding new ways to treat MS is really important to us. We want to support the best research in this area, that’s why we created the Waugh Family Chair in Multiple Sclerosis,” says leading St. Michael’s volunteer, Rick Waugh.
The first Chair holder is Dr. Paul O’Connor, who has been treating people with MS for 25 years. He’s helped St. Michael’s become a world leader in developing new drugs to treat this debilitating disease.
Endowed gifts, like that of the Waugh family, are one way you can leave a legacy of inspired care and inspiring science at St. Michael’s. The annual interest from these funds is used to support outstanding research, education and clinical care at our hospital.
Endowments can take many forms and range in size from $50,000 to $3 million. They can support scholarships, lectureships and fellowships, research scientist awards and endowed chairs.
You can make your gift all at once, over several years, or through a bequest in your will.
However you choose to give, your donation will be put to work to support a project that’s meaningful to you and your family – a gift that will keep on giving to benefit St. Michael’s patients for many years to come.
For more information about endowed gifts, please contact Wendy McDowall at 416-864-5248 or mcdowallw@smh.ca. Your inquiry and any information exchanged will be held in strictest confidence. Thank you.
Endowment
Endowed gifts are donations invested by the St. Michael’s Foundation. The annual interest from these funds supports outstanding research, education and clinical care.
Endowed funds are a vital way to support a continuity of exploration and discovery.
One way endowed gifts support patient care is by enabling us to create academic Chairs.
A Chair is a position awarded to an outstanding expert in a particular field who is selected after an international search; a prestigious appointment for a researcher or educator.
Chairs provide the protected time and resources needed to focus, investigative, research and find new therapies and treatments.
Chairs act like magnets for excellence. They attract other researchers and graduate students who want to collaborate on new and groundbreaking work. The resulting collaboration leads to better research, further collaboration and more results. Patients benefit sooner.
There are many kinds of Endowments:
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