Back Whitehead-Institut für biomedizinische Forschung German موسسه تحقیقات زیستپزشکی وایتهد Persian Institut Whitehead pour la recherche biomédicale French Whitehead Institute Galician Whitehead Institute ID ホワイトヘッド研究所 Japanese Institut Whitehead Malay
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 The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | |
| Established | 1982 |
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| Research type | A scientific community exploring biology's most fundamental questions for the betterment of human health |
Field of research | Cancer, Stem Cell, Immunology, Developmental Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Genetics, Genomics |
| Director | Ruth Lehmann |
Endowment | $521.3 million (2020)[1] |
| Affiliations | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Website | wi |
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit research institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States that is dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical research. It was founded as a fiscally independent entity from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where its 19 members all hold faculty appointments in the MIT Department of Biology or the MIT Department of Bioengineering. As of 2023[update], Ruth Lehmann is its director; she succeeded David C. Page.
- ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.