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(Stroke. 1998;29:2243-2244.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.

A Message From the AHA President

AHA's Renewed and Stronger Commitment to Stroke

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, President

Key Words: American Heart Association • editorials • stroke

In the scientific and medical community's "battle" against stroke, the American Heart Association has for several decades been at the front lines, particularly in research and professional and public education. As the AHA's new president, I am proud to report to my colleagues with an interest in stroke that the association is devoting more of its resources to this nation's leading cause of disability and third leading cause of death.

The AHA's funding of stroke- related research soon will be strengthened by a $7.5 million grant to the association from the Bugher Foundation. This 6-year grant, specifically for stroke-related research, is the result of a proposal that the AHA made earlier this year to the Bugher Foundation, which previously has supported the association's molecular biology research centers. The specific objective of the new awards will be to stimulate investigation of the basic biology of brain blood vessels in order to collect foundation information that will support the development of better stroke prevention measures and better stroke interventions in the future. More specific information will be available in November from AHA's Division of Research Administration.

The AHA, which has been spending $35 million annually on stroke-related research, is second only to the federal government in the amount of funds for research related to stroke. The AHA also publishes the premiere peer-reviewed scientific journal on stroke, Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. First published in 1970, Stroke is one of the association's 5 journals. We also sponsor the AHA International Joint . . . [Full Text of this Article]