Indianapolis entrepreneur Donald E. Brown, MD, explains why he decided to give a $30 million gift to the IU School of Medicine to establish the Brown Center for Immunotherapy. Brown is a 1985 graduate of the IU School of Medicine and has founded three successful software companies. IU President Michael A. McRobbie talks about the importance of Don Brown's gift to not only the IU School of Medicine but also the patients in the state and beyond as it pioneers the development of innovative therapies that will stimulate and strengthen the immune system’s inherent ability to fight cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.IU President Michael A. McRobbie and IU School of Medicine Dean Jay Hess (right) help Donald E. Brown, MD, and 1985 graduate of the IU School of Medicine, into an IU School of Medicine white coat emblazoned with the name “Brown Center for Immunotherapy.”IU School of Medicine Dean Jay Hess welcomes the audience to the gift announcement that will create the Brown Center for Immunotherapy at the IU School of Medicine.The audience listens as a Lafayette, Indiana family talks about the struggle and fear associated with having a loved one who suffers from multiple myeloma. While many advances in the field have been made, most patients still die from it. The new Brown Center will begin its focus on the rapidly-developing field of immunotherapy. Researchers will start with multiple myeloma, a deadly cancer derived from plasma cells. The IU School of Medicine has an exceptional team of experts studying myeloma already and is working in partnership with IU Health.From left, IU President Michael A. McRobbie, Donald E. Brown, MD, and IU School of Medicine Dean Jay Hess following Brown's announcement of a $30 million gift to the IU School of Medicine.
