AHA's renewed and stronger commitment to stroke

Abstract

In the scientific and medical community’s “battle” against stroke, the American Heart Association has for several decades been at the front lines, particularly in research and professional and public education. As the AHA’s new president, I am proud to report to my colleagues with an interest in stroke that the association is devoting more of its resources to this nation’s leading cause of disability and third leading cause of death. The AHA’s funding of stroke- related research soon will be strengthened by a $7.5 million grant to the association from the Bugher Foundation. This 6-year grant, specifically for stroke-related research, is the result of a proposal that the AHA made earlier this year to the Bugher Foundation, which previously has supported the association’s molecular biology research centers. The specific objective of the new awards will be to stimulate investigation of the basic biology of brain blood vessels in order to collect foundation information that will support the development of better stroke prevention measures and better stroke interventions in the future. More specific information will be available in November from AHA’s Division of Research Administration. The …