January 28, 2010 - Imagine a time when all patients struck by leukemia recover fully. Charles Sawyers, M.D., at New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has worked to make this a reality by contributing to the discovery of a new type of medication that increases patient survival of chronic myeloid leukemia from only two years to a staggering five-year survival rate near 90%.

September 28, 2009 - Sally McNagny, MD, MPH of The Medical Foundation, a division of HRiA, co-chaired the planning committee for the Health Research Alliance (HRA) meeting at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Washington, D.C.

May 28, 2009 - The Medical Foundation, a Division of Health Resources in Action, organized the Scientific Poster Session and Dinner for the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research on May 19, 2009.

May 22, 2009 - 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.

April 17, 2009 - H. Robert Horvitz, Ph.D., stepped down as Chair of the Scientific Review Committee for the King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in April after three years on the committee. Dr. Horvitz offered invaluable guidance in selecting members, overseeing review meetings and revising program guidelines.