Manne Research Institute Receives $3M gift to Advance Fertility Preservation

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is celebrating a multimillion-dollar donation that will help advance fertility and hormone preservation research. The $3 million gift to the hospital's Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute comes from the Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation. $2 million will be used to directly support key research initiatives, and the remaining $1 million will establish the Gesualdo Family Research Scholar which will be an endowed position supporting the recruitment of a PhD scientist who is dedicated to advancing research in the field of fertility and hormone preservation and restoration.