FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2002

DEERFIELD, IL—The Samueli Institute for Information Biology (SIIB) appointed Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships' President Dr. Bruce E. Bloom to a new scientific advisory panel focusing on innovative research. The Samueli Institute is a non-profit, non-affiliated medical research organization supporting the scientific investigation of healing processes with information biology and its application in health and disease.

"I am very honored to work with the Samueli Institute for Information Biology, which shares a common commitment to advance groundbreaking research that will impact a range of catastrophic diseases," said Dr. Bloom. As an ad hoc reviewer for the Samueli Institute, Dr. Bloom will attend the Summer 2002 Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting in Corona Del Mar, California, where he will be one of 13 scientific advisors analyzing and discussing projects ranging from basic science to clinical applications.

Dr. Bloom's work with the Samueli Institute is part of a broader goal at the Partnerships to work with a wide array of for-profit and non-profit organizations with the shared mission of advancing breakthrough medical research. To achieve its mission, the Partnerships develops key Organizational Partnerships with non-profit organizations that share the goal of advancing cutting edge research targeted to a specific disease and patient population. In addition, the Partnerships develops Institutional Partnerships to enable the GPP to work with leading universities and medical centers to solicit, validate and co-fund frontier research on a wide variety of diseases and patient populations. By involving a wide variety of dynamic academic, institutional, corporate and non-profit organizations, the Partnerships also creates unique Educational Partnerships with seminars, conferences and symposia to generate a free exchange of scientific ideas on the latest scientific discoveries that impact disease.

Related link: http://www.siib.org

The Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation located in Deerfield, Illinois, which is dedicated to finding, validating and co-funding innovative research and treatments for cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

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