Specifications include, but are not limited to: Endowed funding is instrumental in our efforts to recruit and retain the world’s best researchers and educators, to expand knowledge for innovative treatments, and to provide much-needed financial assistance to students and fellows who will go on to enhance the health of our communities. Our priority is to enhance existing and create new endowed funds to cement UTHealth’s position as the place for the brightest minds in science and health care. Over the years, growth of the endowment through investment return and charitable giving has enabled the university to provide scholarships and fellowships to students, build faculty excellence and launch new programs and research efforts. Here is how it works: Endowed gifts contribute to the university’s overall endowment. A portion of the endowment’s return on investment is used for purposes designated in the gift agreement, while the remaining portion of the return is reinvested into the principal sum to create market growth. In this way, a gift — through the university’s endowment — serves immediate needs and creates financial security for the future. Campaign Focus Areas: We seek impact beyond individual breakthroughs, individual schools, and individual accomplishments to solve the greatest health challenges of our time. Our aim is to advance the causes that matter most to our community by focusing on the following areas. 5.4.2.1 Brain & Behavioral Health conditions are common and affect multiple areas of a person’s life including movement, thought, mood, body function, and mental state. We are susceptible to a myriad of brain-related disorders throughout every stage of life and even more so as we age. • Uncovering how depression impacts heart disease • Developing micro-robots for brain surgery • Identifying genes linked to neurodegenerative diseases 5.4.2.2 Healthy Aging is all-encompassing, spanning from pre-conception to geriatric care and integrating all organ systems in the body. With a focus on predicting, preventing, and providing, we care for families across the life continuum to help our community celebrate more of life’s precious moments, together.