MakingResearchRelevant&Ready

With a diverse background as a Pediatrician, public health policy maker, philanthropist, and minister, Chisara Asomugha, MD set the platform for a terrific discussion at the 2012 Evaluating Risk Beyond Eureka! conference.Read more

Harlan Krumholz, MD and the Donaghue Foundation go way back. In 1994, Donaghue's third year of grant making, he applied for and received a grant through the Clinical and Community Health Issues program.Read more

Nancy Heaton is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Health, a leader and catalyst for the development of innovative and effective rural health delivery that focuses on prevention, access and community-level collaborations. Read more

There are many people behind the scenes at Donaghue who help keep the foundation ticking. Tim Nash, Donaghue's chief investment adviser at Bank of America, is one of those people.Read more


Learn about Donaghue

The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation provides grants for medical research of practical benefit. It focuses on initiatives to strengthen research on health issues, promote research leadership, and put new knowledge to work for public benefit. The Donaghue Foundation was established in 1991 by the will of Ethel Donaghue in memory of her parents. Learn more

Foundation Timeline

See important dates in medical science and health care, the lives of the Donaghue family, and the Donaghue Foundation. See Timeline

Research & Programs

Donaghue provides grants for rigorous medical and health-related research that promotes knowledge of practical benefit through its own programs and through several collaborative funding partnerships. Read More

What's New at Donaghue

BE.art.1b2013 Conference – How is Science Serving Us? Why This Question Matters & How You Can Shape the Answer
BeyondEureka! 2013 conference will explore the role of science in our society today by highlighting some of the key issues and trends shaping the way that science is carried out and what this means for the future. Read More

Lynne GarnerDonaghue Trustee Joins Health Research Alliance Board
Lynne Garner, Donaghue President and Trustee, has recently joined the board of the Health Research Alliance.
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Elderly CoupleGrant Opportunities
Donaghue currently has two grant programs open to new submissions.
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