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Your gift can help drive the Bloomberg School's mission by supporting our research, practice, and educational initiatives that save lives by the millions. Donors like you help us train tomorrow's public health leaders, enable faculty to make new ideas a reality, and energize research centers working to solve the toughest causes of death, injury, and disease.
Below are some of the ways a gift to the Bloomberg School can help. If you would like to designate your gift to a specific campaign, please learn more about designating your gift.
People, Education, and Training
An endowed scholarship honors a lifelong love affair with statistics.
From sharecropper’s daughter to biostatistician, Gertrude Huster, MHS ’84, seeks to honor those who helped her dream big—at a time when few women pursued STEM careers.
Budding statistician and naval flight crew trainee, Gertrude Huster, circa 1979.
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Science, Innovation, and Evidence
Eliasberg Family Foundation Funding Helps Track Avian Flu H5N1 Mutations
Private foundation philanthropy provides critical seed funding for research and strengthens case for federal funding.
In the Bloomberg School's Pekosz Lab, the team studies mutations in the H5N1 virus which could enable it to jump from domestic poultry to the human population and cause human disease, possibly even spurring a pandemic. (pictured: MMI professor Andy Pekosz and research associate Jaiprasath Sachithanandham)
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Advocacy, Community, and Practice
Supporting Public Health Leaders Who Make Good Things Happen
Longtime Bloomberg School donors Kathy and Ed Ludwig create impact by supporting public health leadership
In April 2025, (left to right) Ed and Kathy Ludwig stand with Joe Amon and Dean Ellen MacKenzie to celebrate Amon's installation as the second Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights.
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Health Equity Scholars
By empowering them with funding, our HES students seek to address the root causes of health inequity.
Health Equity Scholars
From across the School's ten departments, these junior scientists, research trainees, and promising policy advocates and practitioners are using a social justice and health equity lens to dismantle racist structures that affect health outcomes.
On March 8, 2025, the School's Health Equity Scholars met for lunch to discuss research projects and meet Bill Clarke, a philanthropic supporter of the HES program. Attendees included (L-R): Taylor Montgomery, Makenna Lindsay, Bill Clarke, Alexander Perez, Aja Clarke, Professor and HES director Terry Powell, Jennifer Farfalla, and Kyle Moon
MMI Professor Andy Pekosz (R) and research associate Jaiprasath Sachithanandham examine human respiratory cell cultures infected with the virus (H5N1) that causes avian flu—research that evaluates the virus's potential impact on human health.
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