b'Stead Family Innovation Fund Secures Research AdvancementsCOVID Clinical Trials For more than 50 years, Mary JoyHRIs commitment to rapid innovation is clear. Under normaland Jerre Stead have actively circumstances, initiating clinical trials can take months andchanged the landscape of healthcare new therapy approvals can take years. Thats why it is sowith a focus on Alzheimers, mental impressive that HRI developed and gained approval for twohealth, childrens medicine and COVID-19 clinical trials in less than four weeks.now novel cancer treatments.The secret? HRI was designed to minimize the bureaucracyAnd they are continuing to that shackles most large academic research institutes. create pathways of innovation We are so grateful for the support of donors who believefor our community today. A $1 as we do that this community deserves the most advancedmillion gift establishes the Stead treatment options for patients, says HRI Chief OperatingFamily Innovation Fund and Officer Kiran Avancha, PhD.a new Center of Innovation at That flexibility has never been more evident than during theHonorHealth Research Institute. COVID-19 crisis, which propelled the entire team to embraceHere, our experts will expand the challenge of discovering effective treatment options fortreatment options for cancer patients HonorHealth patients with advanced complications of the beyond chemotherapy, radiation and novel coronavirus. surgery. The Institute will serve as Your support means more now than ever before, notes a leading hub for perfecting novel HRI Medical Director Michael Gordon, MD. Today our teammedical technologies and translating has pivoted resources to uncover new treatment options forthem into new treatments and ways COVID-19 without impacting our active research programs.to detect and even cure cancer.HonorHealth Foundation 9'