UAE gifts $50m for US stroke institute

The UAE has given $50 million (Dh183.5 million) to open an institute for stroke research and clinical care in the US city of Baltimore, the UAE Embassy in Washington DC and Johns Hopkins University announced yesterday.

The Shaikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, funded by a $50 million gift from the UAE, will focus on Johns Hopkins’ efforts to leverage advances in engineering, artificial intelligence and precision medicine to better diagnose, treat and restore function to stroke patients. The gift is believed to be the largest ever for a strokespecific initiative.

“We are grateful for the UAE’s gift, which enables us to leverage our considerable strengths in neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation in combination with our expertise in biomedical engineering and patient safety to develop new tools for stroke diagnosis, treatment and recovery. These efforts will improve the health of millions of people in Baltimore, the UAE and around the world, with the added benefit of bringing down health care costs,” says Paul Rothman, MD, Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The new institute in Baltimore builds upon Johns Hopkins’ leadership.