Harvard Med Gets Record Gift From Blavatnik to Speed Research
- Billionaire pledges $200 million for lab space, data science
- Money targeted for cellular imaging, cancer immunotherapy
Photographer: Michael Fein/Bloomberg
At a gala two years ago, George Daley, who’d recently been named dean of Harvard Medical School, sat next to Len Blavatnik.
Little did Blavatnik know how expensive the meal would become. On Thursday, he’s pledging $200 million, the largest gift ever for the medical school and for his Blavatnik Family Foundation. The money will enable research, investments in data science and creation of subsidized lab space for biotech startups.