Word: hhmi
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Knowles will replace George W. Thorn, a professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School, who played a defining role in the development of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and served at different times as the medical research organization's president, director of research and chairman of trustees...
...Thorn] was one of the great founders and leaders of the institute," said David Jarmul, associate director of communications for HHMI...
...HHMI is the largest private philanthropy organization in the United States and funds about 20 percent of all biomedical research in the country...
...HHMI President Pursell W. Choppin said academic medical centers which perform patient care and basic medical research "are being squeezed by reductions in patient care revenues and restrictions on government research spending," according to the Boston Globe...
...HHMI grants have allowed undergraduates to conduct research without requiring scientists to provide their salaries...