Thaum nws tawm los daws cov teebmeem ntawm cov hlwb pob txha, tom qab cov neeg tsis paub qab hau, Kev mob Alzheimer thiab lub tswv yim ntawm lwm qhov kev puas hlwb, tus kws kho mob uas tau txais kev txhawb nqa Huda Zoghbi ntseeg tias qhov kev tshawb fawb yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws thawj kauj ruam: "Tsis paub tsawg dua peb paub txog kev mob nkeeg ntawm qhov kev tshawb fawb ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav, ntau dua peb tawm tsam, thiab ntau dua peb paub txog nws, ntau dua peb yuav nrhiav kev daws teeb meem."
Khiav ntawm xyoo 2017 Cawmtseg nyob rau hauv Life Sciences rau nws txoj haujlwm groundbreaking uncovering lub noob tseem ceeb rau kev ua neurodevelopment, Dr. Zoghbi tseem yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib cov McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience, ib lub koomhaum pabcuam uas muaj kev ywjpheej (private charitable organization) uas tau nqis peev ntau tshaj $ 71 lab hauv neuroscience txij thaum pib xyoo 1986.
Tsis paub me ntsis ntawm sab nraud ntawm neuroscience voj, thiab coj los ntawm ib pab pawg neeg ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb hauv cov kev tshawb fawb, McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience tau pab txhawb ntau pua txoj kev tshawb nrhiav pom, los ntawm kev pom cov noob uas tswj peb kev nco txog kev nrhiav cov neeg txais tos peb kev nkag siab ntawm saj thiab tsis hnov tsw.
Tus McKnight Foundation qhov kev tshawb fawb tshaj plaws, McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience yog ib tus thawj coj ntawm tus kws lij choj William L. McKnight. Nws tsim lub McKnight Scholars khoom plig rau xyoo 1977 los txhawb cov haujlwm tshawb nrhiav kev tshawb fawb ntawm lub hlwb ua lub hauv paus rau kev txhim kho kev tiv thaiv, nrhiav kev kho thiab kev kho kev kawm thiab kev nco kev mob. Tshaj li 40 xyoo dhau los, qhov kev cog lus tas mus li tau pab nyiaj txiag tsim los ntawm ntau tshaj 450 tus kws tshawb fawb. Qhov kev zov me nyuam suav txog Nobel laureates ntawm nws cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv, Julius Axelrod (Physiology los sis Tshuaj, 1970) mus rau Roger Tsien thiab Martin Chalfie (Chemistry, 2008).
"McKnight yeej ib txwm to taub hais tias koj yuav tsum txhawb txoj kev tshawb fawb txog kev yooj yim kom thiaj li to taub txog dab tsi - thiab ces cov lus teb yuav khiav."
-DR. HUDA ZOGHBI, KEV KHO KOM HAUM FUND PUNTLAND
Peb khoom plig tau muab txhua lub xyoo, ib qho rau kev ua haujlwm hauv Hli thiab Cognitive Disorders, ib qho rau Technological Innovations nyob rau Neuroscience, thiab ib qho rau Scholars nyob rau hauv cov theem ntxov ntawm lawv cov haujlwm. Nrog rau lub rooj sib tham txhua xyoo nkaus xwb, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience kuj tau tsim los tsim kom muaj ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib koom tes thiab kev daws teeb meem ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb hauv thawj 30 xyoo. Ib qho ntawm cov thawj ntiag tug kev sib tw los nqis peev ntawm kev tshawb fawb txog lub hauv paus ntawm kev tshawb fawb ntawm lub hlwb dhau los dhau los, cov discoveries tshiab los ntawm McKnight nyiaj pab kws tshawb fawb thiab cov kws tshawb fawb muaj kev to taub txog cov kev tsis zoo xws li Alzheimer's mob, Parkinson's kab mob, ntau sclerosis, thiab spinal qord raug mob , tsim kev yees tshiab thiab paving txoj kev rau kev kho mob tau txhua xyoo.
"Muaj qee cov teeb meem kuv cov neeg koom tes thiab kuv tau saib txog 20, 25, 30 xyoo, qhov twg peb xav tias peb yuav luag txhua yam li cas peb thiaj hloov tau tus kab mob kom zoo dua rau cov tib neeg raug mob," Dr. Zoghbi hais tias, sau tseg tias kev mus rau "av xoom" ntawm lub paj hlwb yog qhov tseem ceeb rau cov kev tshawb nrhiav. "McKnight yeej ib txwm to taub hais tias koj yuav tsum txhawb txoj kev tshawb fawb txog kev yooj yim kom thiaj li to taub txog dab tsi - thiab ces cov lus teb yuav khiav."
Saib cov npe ntawm cov tam sim no thiab dhau los rau cov neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig thiab cov lus piav qhia ntawm lawv cov haujlwm hauv Nco, Tshuab, thiab Scholar cov kev pab cuam.
