CHARLOTTSVILLE (CVILLE RIGHT NOW/UVA TODAY) – University of Virginia President Jim Ryan is dedicating funds raised from his Monday Boston Marathon run to support UVA’s Alzheimer’s disease research and to support the care of patients living with the disease. Even before the marathon’s 10 a.m. start, this will be Ryan’s most successful fundraiser yet. The president’s online fundraising page had already tallied nearly $67,000 by Thursday afternoon, besting the previous tally set last year when he raised more than $51,000 for UVA Health Children’s. You can better that total by clicking here.

UVA’s Brain Institute Co-Director Jaideep Kapur says funding for Alzheimer’s research – from both the government and charities – is critical in that last year a treatment for Alzheimer’s was found. He says now we need more physicians and caregivers, so he’s “very grateful to Jim Ryan for raising funds to boost both clinical care and research.”
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