The Medical Foundation, a Division of Health Resources in Action, is proud to be a founding member of the Health Research Alliance (HRA), an organization of nonprofit, non-governmental funders of medical research and training. Collectively, HRA members provide nearly $1.5 billion in research awards each year, funding over 5,500 researchers annually.y.

The 2008 HRA Meeting in Washington, D.C. explored philanthropy's role in encouraging scientific risk taking; offered workshops in international grantmaking and strategies in advancing career training in biomedical research; and featured outstanding speakers from the National Institutes of Health and academic institutions. Sally McNagny, M.D., M.P.H. of The Medical Foundation served on the 2008 HRA National Conference Program Committee and will co-chair the 2011 HRA National Conference Program Committee with Dr. William Galey of Howard Hughes Medical Institute. At the 2008 conference, Dr. McNagny and Marc Hurlbert, Ph.D. of the Avon Foundation presented a session about best practices in peer review and post-award monitoring. To date, HRA has grown to 35 member organizations in the United States and Europe.

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