UC San Francisco has received a $48 million donation from the estate of Nina Ireland, a longtime donor to the university who died in October. UCSF said the money will be put toward lung disease research and care, particularly strengthening the university’s research into complex pulmonary conditions such as interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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