Posts in Innovation
Discovering Infectious Determinants of Chronic Diseases

GREAT & GREATER EXPECTATIONS

Determining the cause of chronic diseases – such as Lyme disease, Bartonellosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, neuropsychiatric diseases and Crohn’s disease -- is now within reach.

It’s startling to consider that if only five percent of chronic diseases are attributable to infectious agents, in The United States alone, approximately 4.5 million of the 90 million people living with chronic disease might receive benefit from new plans and programs.

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Mayo Clinic Partners with TLI to Develop a National Registry for Limb Loss and Limb Preservation Surgeries

Advancing a Legacy of Improving Health and Quality of Life

TLI is grounded in a commitment to share its expertise in transformative change that impacts health, education and economic empowerment.

So, when the Mayo Clinic awarded TLI a subcontract to assist in the development of a Limb Loss and Preservation Registry for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the entire TLI organization was extremely gratified to participate in a project that could lead to prevention of limb loss, improve amputation surgeries, refine rehabilitation approaches and guide the development of devices for people with limb loss.

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HBCU Program Initiation and Donor Support Request

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIA SERVING BLACKS & MINORITIES:

Fostering Risk Management and Cybersecurity Training Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions

African-Americans make up only three percent of the information security analysts in the U.S in a field where jobs are expected to grow 18 percent through 2024.

 

As with any business or organization, colleges and universities face significant risk to operations when financial losses occur. Because Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) often have limited resources, the impact of unforeseen problems -- declining enrollment, rising operational costs, financial deficits, changes to state or federal funding -- can be crippling.

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