MedCity News June 25, 2021
Weill Cornell Medicine has launched a campaign with the goal of raising $1.5 billion that will be used to invest in research initiatives, including a precision medicine enterprise, and to fund a scholarship program that helps students who qualify to graduate debt-free. So far, the health system has raised $750 million.
A massive $1.5 billion fundraising campaign will be used to turbocharge Weill Cornell Medicine’s research, patient care and medical education efforts.
Launched June 17, the “We’re Changing Medicine” campaign is the largest in the New York City-based health system’s history. The campaign will focus on supporting three tenets: to care, to discover and to teach.
Of the $1.5 billion, about $750 million has already been raised, said Dr. Augustine...