TACKLING INFECTIOUS
AND CHRONIC DISEASES
IN ECUADOR
With the June 2016 opening of Pontifical Catholic University of
Ecuador’s Center for Research on Health in Latin America, a longtime
partnership between Ohio University and PUCE expanded. The new
100,000-square-foot, state-of the-art research facility can house 22
permanent research groups, as well as visiting researchers and students.
The partnership between OHIO and PUCE is led by Heritage College
Professor Mario Grijalva, Ph.D., who also directs the college’s Infectious
and Tropical Disease Institute and the center in Ecuador.
OMNI’S FY 2015-16 GRANT REVENUE: $2.01M
ACTIVE GRANT ENTERPRISE: $12.98M
$17 MILLION
RESEARCH
ENDOWMENT
STRATEGY
LAUNCHED
National Institutes of Health
With support from OHF, we developed a
$17 million research endowment strategy that
includes funding for three named endowed
chairs, as well as a named endowment for
professorships and fellowships, with a goal of
attracting and retaining pre-eminent researchers
who will champion innovation, foster new
partnerships and lift the college to national
prominence. The funding strategy also supports
faculty development in research and developing
new scholarly collaborations.
DIABETES RESEARCH ENDOWMENT $5M
John J. Kopchick, Ph.D., Endo