UF, UF Health Announce Gift and New $75 Million Initiative To Expand Norman Fixel Institute
The University of Florida and UF Health announced an additional $25 million gift from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation aimed at improving the lives of patients across the globe through the continued expansion of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health. The new investment will spur growth in the areas of national and international telemedicine, Alzheimer’s disease clinical research, mental health, traumatic brain injury, and ALS and will help cultivate the next generation of expert researchers tackling these challenging diseases.
The gift will be part of a new $75 million initiative that will combine contributions from UF, UF Health and additional private donors to build on the momentum following the institute’s founding just two years ago.
“This gift from Lauren and Lee Fixel will change lives and offer patients unprecedented access to care and research advances,” said UF President Kent Fuchs. “To have a freestanding campus dedicated solely to neurological diseases is unique, and this gift will take an already renowned institute to the next level.”
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