Medical Disciplines

TO DRIVE A NEW ERA OF DISCOVERY IN DISEASE ORIENTED SCIENCE AND TO MENTOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS IN AN INSPIRING AND DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT.

THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION IS AN EDUCATIONAL, CHARITABLE, ELEEMOSYNARY FOUNDATION ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, CLINICAL AND OTHER FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

THE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION (IDF) IMPROVES THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY THROUGH FOSTERING A COMMUNITY EMPOWERED BY ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH. IDF SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE U.S. AFFECTED BY PI HAS A FULLY INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PI DIAGNOSIS THAT AFFECTS THEM, ALL AVAILABLE TREATMENT OPTIONS, THE EXPECTED STANDARD OF CARE, AND ALL OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE PI COMMUNITY.

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THE ANATOMIC GIFT FOUNDATION, INC., (AGF) D/B/A ANATOMY GIFTS REGISTRY AND CREMATION CENTER OF MARYLAND, IS A NON-PROFIT, 501 (C) (3), ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1994. THE MISSION OF AGF'S CARING AND COMPASSIONATE PROGRAM IS TO SERVE MERITORIOUS RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, CLINICIANS, AND MEDICAL EDUCATORS WITH EXPERTLY PREPARED, SAFE, AND EFFICACIOUS, HUMAN ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS GIFTED FROM DONORS- AND DONOR FAMILIES' PARTICIPATING IN OUR WHOLE BODY DONOR PROGRAM. AGF ALSO SERVES THE DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES RELATING TO THE DONATION PROCESS; INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: OBTAINING INFORMED CONSENT / AUTHORIZATION FOR DONATION WITHIN ESTABLISHED LEGAL HIERARCHY, ACQUIRING VITAL STATISTIC INFORMATION FOR PURPOSES OF FILING A DEATH CERTIFICATE, TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED FROM THE PLACE OF DEATH TO OUR FACILITY, PERFORM CREMATIONS AND PROVIDE ASHES TO THE FAMILY (FOR THEIR MEMENTO, INTERNMENT, SCATTERING), RESOURCES REGARDING GRIEF COUNSELING, ETC.

COORDINATION OF THE CLINICAL PRACTICE PROGRAM OF THE CLINICAL FACULTY OF THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN THEIR UNIVERSITY SPONSORED AND UNIVERSITY AUTHORIZED FACULTY PRACTICE ACTIVITY AND TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ENDEAVORS. THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH BY THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL CARE SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC WITHOUT PROFIT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL.

DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PHYSICIAN-INVESTIGATORS.

1. TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND HEALTHCARE MISSION OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (MUSC) BY FOSTERING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. 2. TO INITIATE AND SUSTAIN COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN MUSC AND BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. 3. ACT AS MUSC'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY MARKETING ARM. 4. ADVANCE HEALTHCARE-RELATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NATION. 5. SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY LICENSING.

COORDINATE RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO PRENATAL-PERINATAL, PRECONCEPTION, AND POSTNATAL CARE. SPONSOR AND CONDUCT MEETINGS AND LECTURES FOR THE PUBLIC. RECRUIT AND ASSIST LOW INCOME FAMILIES FOR THE PROGRAM.

RESEARCH INSTITUTE - INCLUDES BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS.

ADVANCE REPRODUCTIVE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE THROUGH OUTSTANDING BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL, AND CLINICAL SCIENCE TRAINING AND MENTORING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF INVESTIGATORS ADVOCACY TARGETING FUNDING AGENCIES, POLICY MAKERS, DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY AND, PROMOTING WOMEN'S HEALTH GLOBALLY.

TO ADVANCE THE SCIENTIFIC BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC COMMUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

Pursue specific scientific and educational objectives in antiviral research thru sponsoring seminars and conferences on antiviral research and development and dissemnination of reports and publications relating to antiviral research

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IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER (DLC) WAS INCORPORATED IN 1990 AS A 501 C 3 NON-PROFIT CORPORATION TO SPEARHEAD THE STEMPREP PROJECT, A VEHICLE FOR PRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MINORITY RESEARCHERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH (STEM) AND MEDICINE. FROM THE BEGINNING, THE DLC DESIGNATED ITS TARGET POPULATION AS BEING THOSE MINORITY GROUPS WHO WILL BECOME THE EMERGING MAJORITY IN THE U.S. BY 2050, BUT WHO AT PRESENT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM DISCIPLINES: AFRICAN-AMERICANS, MEXICAN-AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND MAINLAND PUERTO RICANS. THE ORIGINAL MISSION OF THE DLC WAS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE TRAINING CONCEPTS, IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS, AND TO FUND RAISE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THESE UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS. THE BACKBONE OF THE DLC HAS BEEN ITS POOL OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR TIME TO CREATE A NEW TRAINING PARADIGM BASED ON AN EARLY START MODEL, A LONGITUDINAL TRAINING CONTINUUM AND A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL MENTORSHIP APPROACH

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON THE CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY OF MINERALIZED TISSUES.

THE IUPS IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER PHYSIOLOGISTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE UNIFYING OBJECTIVE OR PHYSIOLOGISTS IS TO INCREASE MANKIND'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTIONS OF CELLS, TISSUES, ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEMS OF ANIMALS AND HUMANS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE IUPS ARE: TO ENCOURAGE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; TO FACILITATE THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER MEETINGS AS MAY BE USEFUL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER MEASURES AS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE IUPS PUBLISHES A JOURNAL, PHYSIOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. THE ARTICLES ARE SHORT, UP-TO-DATE REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSIOLOGY, DIRECTED TO SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ORDER TO HELP THEM MAINTAIN A CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF ALL FI

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ENGAGE IN AND CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, MEDICAL ECONOMICS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, AND RELATED AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERESTED PUBLIC, MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTS MEDICAL AND PARA-MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES TO STUDY, TEACH AND PRACTICE MEDICINE IN AN EFFORT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH NEEDS.

PUBLIC AWARNESS, FUNDING GRANTS, RESEARCH PATIENT SERVICES

THE CORPORATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND SAFETY THROUGH RIGOROUS TESTING OF SUBSTANCES THAT ENDANGER ONE'S HEALTH.

WE ARE CALLED TO MAKE A HEALTHY DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

TO SUPPORT AND PERFORM MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER RELATED ENDEAVORS.

TO PROMOTE, ADMINISTER, AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT THE VA TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF VETERANS.

TO PROMOTE DISCOVERIES THAT ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF SLEEP FOR HEALTHIER LIVES BY OFFERING RESEARCH, COMMUNITY AND TRAINING GRANTS.

MEDICAL RESEARCH WHICH INCLUDES THE CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATIONS, EXPERIMENTS AND STUDIES TO DISCOVER, DEVELOP AND/OR VERIFY KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND/OR CONTROL OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISEASES AND IMPAIRMENTS OF HUMAN BEINGS. SUCH ACTIVITIES ENCOMPASS THE ASSOCIATED DISCIPLINES SPANNING THE BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES.

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SAINT FRANCIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. ("SFHS") BY SUPPORTING MEDICAL RESEARCH AND BY HOLDING, MANAGING, ACQUIRING AND BUILDING ANCILLARY REAL ESTATE FACILITIES SO THAT SFHS CAN FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY.

TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE RESEARCH THAT ADVANCES THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF FEMALE PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS.

TO IMPROVE HEALTH BY INVESTING IN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION.

THE SPECIFIC AND PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO ENGAGE IN THE CONTINUOUS ACTIVE CONDUCT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE OR MORE HOSPITALS WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, ARE FEDERAL HOSPITALS, OR ARE INSTRUMENTALITIES OF A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 170(C)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN PERSONALIZED MOLECULAR MEDICINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNMET MEDICAL NEEDS. PERSONALIZED MOLECULAR MEDICINE PROVIDES CUSTOMIZATION OF HEALTHCARE, WITH DECISIONS AND PRACTICES BEING TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL.

ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF PROMOTING CLINICAL PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL PATHOLOGY INFORMATICS.

THE MINNEAPOLIS RADIOLOGY AND VASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES ARE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL; PRIMARILY TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO DIAGNOSTIC, INTERVENTIONAL AND SURGICAL APPROACHES FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASE AND FUTURE ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES GRANTS TO FELLOWS TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE.

To form Amyloidosis Support Groups were needed, to have all Amyloidosis support Groups be self sustaining through donations, to fund and maintain libraries of education materials for all support groups, to fund group projects that wil help in spreading awareness and fundraising and to help finance the annual education retreat for training new and current group leaders and facilitators.

THE JOSEPH M. STILL BURN FOUNDATION, INC. IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH THE JOSEPH M. STILL BURN CENTER CREATED WITH THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: TO DEVELOP CLINICAL RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE CARE OF BURN PATIENTS; TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BURN AND WOUND TEAM; TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND TEACHING IN BURN CARE TO UNDER-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, IN RESPONSE TO BURN DISASTERS IN PARTICULAR; TO DISSEMINATE NEW KNOWLEDGE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF BURN-ASSOCIATED INJURIES AND WOUNDS.

OUR MISSION IS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOCUSING ON DEVELOPMENT OF PREVENTATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS FOR BOTH INFECTIOUS (MALARIA, HEPATITIS B AND C, AND INFLUENZA) AND NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES (CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE).

STUDY OF URODYNAMICS AND FEMALE UROLOGY RESEARCH

TO CONDUCT RESEARCH RELATING TO SPORTS RELATED INJURIES AND WILL ALSO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS SUBJECT

TO ADVANCE STUDIES IN BASIS AND CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PANCREATOLOGY BY SUPPORTING CONSENSUS MEETINGS AND OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PUBLISHING RESULTS IN THE ASSOCIATIONS OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; TO SUPPORT JUNIOR RESEARCHERS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS.

ELECTRICAL SHOCK INJURY REHABILITATION

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RESEARCH IN CARDIO-VASCULAR NEUROLOGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL IMAGING AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER ADVANCES IN TRANSPLANTATION THRU ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE INCLUDED PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL TRIALS INVESTIGATING DIFFERENT IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE REGIMENS, DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL PATHWAYS TO ENHANCE PATIENT CARE, FORUMS FOR PUBLIC AND PHYSICIAN EDUCATION IN TRANSPLANTA- TION, STUDIES RELATED TO OUTCOMES RESEARCH, LABORATORY WORK IN IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND NEW CONCEPTS IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT.

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH TO EXPAND THE CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POST-FINASTERIDE SYNDROME WHICH MIGHT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO POSSIBLE TREATMENTS.

SEE PART 1 LINE 1. TARGETED INDICATIONS INCLUDE CHRONIC CNS DISORDERS. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE INSTITUTE FOR CHRONIC TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, llc, A DISREGARDED ENTITY FOR TAX PURPOSES, TO ENABLE DONORS TO FOCUS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THIS CONDITION.

THE ORGANIZATION IS TO BE OPERATED FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH TO UNCOVER THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF CANCER AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASE WITH THE EMPHASIS ON CANCER INCLUDING MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES INCLUDING FRAILTY.

RESEARCH

ORGANIZED TO IMPROVE CARE OF THE RENAL FAILURE PATIENT, TO UPGRADE DIALYSIS TEACHING, TO PROMOTE DIALYSIS RESEARCH, AND TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE.

PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND CAPACITY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE NORTHEAST