Alumnus Daniel Edson (’79, College of Natural Science) and his wife Marsha have committed $1 million to establish the Daniel C. and Marsha J. Edson Endowed Professorship in Global Health in Honor of Terrie Taylor, D.O., ensuring the vital work Dr. Taylor and MSUCOM are doing in Malawi continues far into the future.
Taylor, an internationally recognized expert on malaria and other tropical diseases and a MSU Distinguished Professor and MSU Foundation Professor, studies malaria, which continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa, even with available drugs that can kill the parasite very quickly. Her work is focused on finding how to intervene to rescue these children from the disease.
Taylor said the endowed professorship will help continue the work, even after she retires, by providing the recipient significant discretionary funds to cope with unpredicted occurrences, such as a compressor going out on a freezer holding samples, which could be disastrous, or a patient with unusual complications who needs a medicine not available at the hospital.
“There are myriad opportunities to put these funds to great use,” Taylor said. “I’m so appreciative.”
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