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2026 Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Scholar Award

January 15, 2026
The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC), a partnership between the University of Oxford, UK and Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, is seeking highly innovative projects for its 2026 Rare Disease Scholar Award, which accelerates promising therapeutics discoveries from academic labs...
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February 06, 2026
Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals is supporting the development of a new drug called Zalunfiban that helped thousands of heart attack patients avoid complications in clinical trials. Continue Reading
January 29, 2026
Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre operates a transatlantic model that embeds industry expertise directly into academic rare disease programs. $250 Million Committed to Advance 40 Therapies into Clinical Trials by 2034 Continue Reading
December 23, 2025
New Study from University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University published in Science Signaling Continue Reading
December 23, 2025
A conversation with Matthew P. Anderson, MD, Ph.D., co-director, Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre, featured in Drug Discovery Online Continue Reading
December 22, 2025
CLEVELAND – For over a century, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention or slowing, rather than recovery. Despite billions of dollars spent on decades of research, there has never been a clinical trial of a drug for AD with an outcome goal of... Continue Reading
November 20, 2025
Ten scientists selected for second annual award to pursue innovations in gene, RNA, small molecule and cell therapies to treat rare and ultra-rare diseases Continue Reading
November 14, 2025
Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune systems. Continue Reading
November 13, 2025
Positive results of zalunfiban announced at AHA Scientific Sessions Continue Reading
October 15, 2025
Grant award provides MD/PhD candidates with funding and expertise to translate promising scientific discoveries into medicines Continue Reading
September 10, 2025
In ‘A Conversation on Courage,’ Lord Cameron and Morgan Stanley’s Andy Saperstein discussed philanthropy as a catalyst for rare disease innovation Continue Reading