ExxonMobil Donates $18 Million to World-Renowned Houston Health Institutions
October 02 2014 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
- Grants made to The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Heart Institute and Texas
Children’s Hospital
- Contributions to fund new medical
research, prevention programs and patient care
- ExxonMobil expanding its long-standing
presence in the Houston area
ExxonMobil today announced $18 million in grants to Houston
health care facilities to support cancer prevention and
cardiovascular research, expand pediatric care for children with
autism and enhance pediatric liver disease research and clinical
services.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will receive
$10 million; $5 million will go to the Texas Heart Institute and $3
million to Texas Children’s Hospital.
“ExxonMobil has had a long and deep involvement with Houston and
Texas,” said Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer
of Exxon Mobil Corporation. “These world-renowned institutions are
helping improve the health and lives of families in the greater
Houston area and around the world, and we’re proud to support their
important mission.”
ExxonMobil’s $10 million grant to MD Anderson will support the
Healthy Community Initiative, which will implement strategies to
reduce the risk of developing cancer and other chronic disease in a
community to be selected in the Houston area. MD Anderson will team
with local officials to support comprehensive health policies,
education campaigns and wellness and prevention services at
workplaces, schools and throughout the community. Practices that
show health improvements in the community can then serve as a model
for other organizations to implement locally and nationally.
“With this leadership gift we have the opportunity to make the
vision of a healthy Texas a reality,” said Dr. Ron DePinho,
president of MD Anderson. “We’re grateful for ExxonMobil’s
generosity, its commitment to our community and its partnership in
our mission to end cancer.”
The $5 million pledge to the Texas Heart Institute will be
directed to ground-breaking cardiovascular research and new medical
discoveries to address heart disease -- the leading cause of death
in the nation. From the engineering of artificial hearts to
advancements in regenerative medicine, which uses patients’ own
adult stem cells to create whole hearts, the Texas Heart Institute
is offering new hope to thousands of patients worldwide who are not
candidates for a heart transplant.
“We are very grateful to ExxonMobil for the impact this generous
gift will have,” said Dr. James T. Willerson, president of Texas
Heart Institute. “Cardiovascular disease is the number one threat
to the health of all Americans and this transformational gift will
help us break even more new ground in the fight against it.”
ExxonMobil’s $3 million grant to Texas Children’s Hospital will
support pioneering research and clinical services for children,
including care and treatment of life-threatening liver disease. The
grant will also expand services in development and behavior
pediatrics for a large and growing number of children with autism,
developmental disabilities and behavioral conditions, and support
nurses working to earn baccalaureate degrees. In addition, the
grant will support evaluation of cases of survivors treated in
critical care, with a focus on long-term effects from
treatment.
“Physicians and researchers across every pediatric specialty and
subspecialty are making incredible advances at Texas Children’s
every day,” said Dr. Mark Kline, physician-in-chief at Texas
Children’s Hospital. “All of us are delighted about ExxonMobil’s
commitment to support the hospital.”
ExxonMobil has 13,000 employees in the Houston area and
thousands more work for companies providing goods and services to
the company. ExxonMobil is expanding its presence in the Houston
area with the construction of a new campus and a new multi-billion
dollar chemical plant expansion at Baytown. About 15,000
construction jobs are being created by the two projects and when
completed, the projects will support tens of thousands of permanent
jobs in the greater Houston area.
ExxonMobil contributes to health and human services, education,
the arts and promotes employee volunteerism for charitable
nonprofit organizations, including a record $13.4 million raised
for the United Way of Greater Houston in 2013. During the past
decade, ExxonMobil employees, retirees and their families donated
more than 2 million volunteer hours to more than 1,100
organizations in the greater Houston area. During that time,
ExxonMobil and employees and retirees contributed more than $200
million to Houston-area organizations focused primarily on health,
education and the arts.
About ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and
gas company, uses technology and innovation to help meet the
world’s growing energy needs. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading
inventory of resources, is the largest refiner and marketer of
petroleum products and its chemical company is one of the largest
in the world. ExxonMobil engages in a range of philanthropic
activities that advance education, health and science in the
communities where the company has significant operations. In 2013,
together with its employees and retirees, ExxonMobil, its divisions
and affiliates, and the ExxonMobil Foundation provided $269 million
in contributions worldwide. Additional information on ExxonMobil’s
community partnerships and contribution programs is available at
www.exxonmobil.com/community.
About The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston
ranks as one of the world’s most respected centers focused on
cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. MD
Anderson is one of only 41 comprehensive cancer centers designated
by the National Cancer Institute. For the past 25 years, MD
Anderson has ranked as one of the nation's top two cancer centers
in U.S. News & World Report's annual “Best Hospitals” survey.
MD Anderson receives a cancer center support grant from the
National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
www.mdanderson.org.
About The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute, founded by world-renowned
cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962, is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to reducing the devastating toll of
cardiovascular disease through innovative and progressive programs
in research, education and improved patient care. Together with its
clinical partner, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
Center, it has been ranked among the top cardiovascular centers in
the United States by U.S. News & World Report’s annual guide to
“America’s Best Hospitals” for the past 24 years. The Texas Heart
Institute is also affiliated with the University of Texas System,
which promotes collaboration in cardiovascular research and
education among University of Texas and Texas Heart Institute
faculty at the Texas Heart Institute and other University of Texas
components. www.texasheart.org
About Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital, a not-for-profit organization, is
committed to creating a community of healthy children through
excellence in patient care, education and research. Consistently
ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the U.S., Texas
Children’s has recognized Centers of Excellence in multiple
pediatric subspecialties including the Cancer and Heart Centers,
and operates one of the largest primary pediatric care networks in
the world. www.texaschildrens.org
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