From left to right: Richard Buckley, President of the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation; Johnnetta Joyce, Vice President at Sundance Research Institute; Dr. Kristie McNealy, Senior Researcher at Sundance Research Institute; Catherine Keene, Executive Director of Eastern Shoshone Tribal Health; Dr. Michael Miller, AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation Trustee; and Kathryn Langwell, President of Sundance Research Institute, at a ceremony on February 4 for the presentation of a grant for $238,900 to Sundance Research Institute from the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation. The event took place at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md. The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation has announced grants totaling nearly $3.7 million to 19 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations across the country dedicated to improving cardiovascular health in local communities. Photo from Business Wire
A $238,900 grant will help the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming fight heart disease on the Wind River Reservation:
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe has received over 200 thousand dollars to help fight heart disease. The Tribe’s Director of Health Programs Cathy Keene says the money from the AstraZeneca Foundation is allowing them to address a problem that kills half the members of the Wind River Reservation. Keene says they have developed a cardiovascular health education program that will hopefully help prevent heart disease. “Healthy lifestyles, behavior change, about leading better lives, and teach people to be a little more self-responsible for themselves and teaching them to take care of themselves. Whether it’s around nutrition, diet, exercise.”Get the Story:
Eastern Shoshone Get Health Care Grant (Wyoming Public Media 2/4)
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