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Las Vegas Review Journal: Grant Aims to Help Rural Mental Health
Following the success of similar efforts in rural South Dakota, the $3.8 million grant to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services will help law enforcement agencies across the state ...Read More
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Partnership with Civica Foundation to Make Insulin More Affordable to Americans with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Using a transparent pricing model, Civica insulins will minimize out-of-pocket expenses, particularly benefiting uninsured and underinsured AmericansRead More
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Walter Panzirer Joins “Rural Matters” Podcast
Top podcast about all things rural, "Rural Matters," spoke with Walter Panzirer, a Helmsley Trustee, about Helmsley’s work to improve access to the highest quality healthcare for the vibrant, ...Read More
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Helmsley Grants UC San Diego $4.7M to Study Crohn’s Disease
Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Soumita Das, Larry Smarr and Jürgen Schulze—researchers in diverse disciplines at the University of California San Diego—will aim to improve surgical outcomes and therapeutics ...Read More
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Crain’s New York: Why Helmsley Is Putting Money Behind Care Coordination
Crain's New York spotlights Tracy Perrizo, who leads Helmsley's New York City Program. In a Q&A, Tracy discusses Helmsley's work supporting healthcare for high-need populations and communication among providers. ...Read More
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A Q&A with Dr. Megan Penno, an ENDIA Early-Mid Career Science Accelerator Award Recipient
In July 2021, the Helmsley Charitable Trust and JDRF Australia announced the recipients of the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Early-Mid Career Science Accelerator Awards. Dr. Megan Penno was one ...
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Improving Maternal Health with Clean Water Access in Zambia
Only 1 in 5 rural healthcare facilities in Zambia has running water, decent toilets, and soap for handwashing. Without these essentials, patients, newborns, new moms, and frontline staff are at great risk ...
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Walter Panzirer Pens Op-Ed on Healthcare in Rural America
Walter Panzirer, a Helmsley trustee, has said for years that zip codes should not determine healthcare results. Read more from Walter about how Helmsley is actively working to make this ...
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Helmsley Grants $5.3 Million to Develop Next Generation Biomarker Tools for Crohn’s Disease Patients with Strictures
Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and Alimentiv will collaborate to address a critical unmet need for people with Crohn’s disease
New York, NY – April 11, 2022 – The Leona M. and Harry B. ...
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Jerusalem Post: Responding in Ukraine
The Jerusalem Post covered Helmsley’s latest emergency-response grant for United Hatzalah’s aid work in Ukraine. The funding will help United Hatzalah bring medical equipment, food, and supplies to Ukraine and assist with evacuating sick and injured refugees.
Sandor Frankel, one of Helmsley’s Trustees, said, “Helmsley is grateful to United Hatzalah for immediately mobilizing to assist Ukrainian refugees ...
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A Q&A with Dr. Emma Hamilton-Williams, an ENDIA Early-Mid Career Science Accelerator Award Recipient
In July 2021, the Helmsley Charitable Trust and JDRF Australia announced the recipients of the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Early-Mid Career Science Accelerator Awards. We spoke with Dr. Emma ...
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Thetis Pharmaceuticals Secures $4.2 Million from Helmsley to Advance Its First-in-Class Resolvin Oral Therapy for Crohn’s Disease
Current treatment options for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease, have significant limitations: only a subset of people with IBD experience improvement with treatment, many people ...
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Philanthropy News Digest and NonProfit Times Cover New Helmsley Partnership with Civica Foundation
No one should have to decide between purchasing the insulin they need to survive and putting food on the table.
Philanthropy News Digest and NonProfit Times recently covered Helmsley’s ...
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Names Jacqueline F. Bausch as Next General Counsel
NEW YORK, NY, March 31, 2022 – The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced today that Jacqueline F. Bausch will serve as its next General Counsel.
Ms. Bausch comes to ...
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David Panzirer Interviewed on Reroute Podcast
David Panzirer, a Helmsley Trustee, was recently interviewed by Kasey Altman, host of the Reroute podcast. On the podcast, Kasey speaks with individuals from a variety of backgrounds about their own life-altering events. Kasey and David discuss flaws in the U.S. healthcare system, personalized medicine approaches for chronic illnesses like type 1 diabetes, and more. Listen to the full episode ...
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Walter Panzirer Interviewed on It’s Your Business Podcast
Walter Panzirer, a Helmsley Trustee, joined Bill Zortman’s It’s Your Business podcast on KELO. The two discuss the history of Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program, the Program’s ...
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Jerusalem Post: Wolfson Medical Center Opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute
The Jerusalem Post covered the news of the pediatric cardiology unit opening at the Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel.
The new Helmsley Pediatric ...
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A Q&A with Dr. Ki Wook Kim, an ENDIA Early-Mid Career Science Accelerator Award Recipient
Dr. Ki Wook Kim was one of three exceptional researchers to receive funding from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and JDRF Australia to support his new project.
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WaterAid and Helmsley Launch Program to Improve Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Ghana
"We’re working hand in hand with communities and the government to find long-term solutions that can scale throughout the country,” said...
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Opportunity for Success Program at Israel’s Max Stern Yezreel Valley College Gives Ethiopian Immigrants a Future in Nursing
When Almaz Ben Avraham was growing up in Israel, her home since immigrating from Ethiopia, she knew...
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