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The U of A recently received a $5 million gift to establish Brain Institute.
The University of Arizona recently received a $5 million gift from the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Foundation to establish an Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute. The UA is one of only four universities in the country to establish a McKnight Brain Institute, joining the Universities of Florida, Alabama and Miami.
The institute will investigate the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-related memory loss and declines in cognitive performance. Little is known about the underlying causes, prevention or restoration of age-related memory impairment - which affects millions of Americans, primarily over age 50.
The Florida-based Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Foundation will donate $5 million over five years to create the institute, with the UA raising matching funds. The Technology Research Infrastructure Fund (TRIF), Arizona Alzheimer's Research Center, the Arizona Research Laboratories, the UA Vice President for Research, and the UA Colleges of Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences have made commitments to the match.
