A $1 million gift from John Flatley and his wife, Kate, to a team of investigators at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine will provide essential funding to develop new and more effective therapies for people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)—an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system, and other organs in the body.
“We are deeply grateful to John and Kate for this generous gift to support Cystic Fibrosis research here at Geisel,” says Duane Compton, PhD, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine. “Philanthropic support is vital to the success of life-saving research programs like our CF Research Center, and this gift will have a tremendous impact on many lives affected by CF.”
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