Creating new pathways to the understanding of disease; building
a University-wide momentum
for collaborative, breakthrough research; and introducing
new disciplines in medical research
to accelerate study and results -these are the ambitious
goals of the Institute for Computational
Medicine. However, achieving them will require the generous
support of visionary partners private, governmental, and
corporate.
By giving to the ICM, you are contributing to a unique
and critically important initiative at the forefront of medical and scientific research. To become involved
with such an exceptional institute at its start could
not be more exciting -or have more bearing on all of our
lives.
What 's more, your gift to the ICM represents an entirely
new and effective way of approaching philanthropy. Your
gift achieves a "multiplier effect" in that
it underwrites key researchers and studies across all
of Johns Hopkins.
To support its facilities, people and research, you can
choose to partner with the ICM in a number of ways.
Facilities
As the ICM 's new home, the Computational Sciences and
Engineering (CSE)Building
also serves to strengthen the Whiting School's commitment
to multidisciplinary research
and education. This remarkable building provides the opportunity
for undergraduates,
graduate students, faculty, and other researchers from
a variety of disciplines to work together under the same
roof. To learn more about the exciting potential of the
CSE Building, please visit its website at http://engineering.jhu.edu/~cse-building/.
Endowment
An endowment is a gift that is held in perpetuity and
provides dependable resources for the future. A critically
important form of giving, an endowment blends the donor
's vision with the needs of the Whiting School and the
ICM. Over time, it provides a dependable revenue stream
to reduce reliance on external funding sources and allow
us to invest more consistently in our people, programs,
and facilities.
In particular, endowed fellowships are an outstanding
investment in the careers of future leaders in engineering
and computational medicine. By establishing an endowed
fellowship, you will have
the satisfaction of preparing the way and launching the
careers of men and women who will be leaders in tomorrow's
world. The accomplishments of these professionals, as
their careers unfold, is proof that your investment is
well placed indeed.
Diagnosis Discovery Fund
This fund is designed to directly support research at
the ICM toward the discovery of cures for disease. Non-endowed
gifts to the Fund will be used by our research team to
explore areas of promise and potential for dramatically
improved disease diagnosis. Donors can invest in one of
the three research thrusts of the ICM:
- Biological Systems Modeling, where computer
models allow researchers to understand the mechanisms
of disease and test potential treatments for their effectiveness.
- Computational Anatomy, where researchers use
mathematical algorithms to analyze the structure of
healthy and diseased tissue, with the goal of earlier
diagnosis and treatment of disease.
- Bioinformatics, where scientists are developing
powerful new mathematical and statistical tools to represent
and manage biomedical data, as well as to discover such
predictive features as biomarkers from this data.
We are seeking gifts of $10,000 and above for this fund,
with Director 's Circle gifts at the $50,000 level. For
more information contact the Whiting School Development
office at 410 516-8723, wse-dar@jhu.edu.
