What personal circumstances prompted the launch of the Ackman-Oxman Institute for Brain Research?
Founder & CEO at Pershing Square Capital Management
A little over seven months ago, my twenty-six-year-old daughter Lucy suffered a severe brain hemorrhage and remained in a prolonged coma following emergency decompressive surgery. Confronting that crisis exposed how little medical science understands about neurological recovery and traumatic brain injuries. We acquired a vacant, premier life sciences facility to establish the Ackman-Oxman Institute, assembling top global neuroscientists to pioneer clinical therapies that restore cognitive, speech, and motor function.
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