The New York Stem Cell Foundation

Stem cells offer the greatest promise we have ever known for understanding human disease and transforming human health.

Susan’s vision in starting The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) in 2005 was to reach patients through the power of stem cell research.

With cures as the priority, NYSCF combines the depth of a highly focused research institute with the breadth of a wideranging philanthropic organization, providing leadership and vital support for innovative work that traditional funding cannot or will not support.

Under Susan’s founding leadership, NYSCF has raised and invested over $400 million in stem cell research to date, and conducts cutting-edge stem cell research internationally, both at The NYSCF Research Institute in New York City, and also in collaboration with major medical institutions around the world.

Unique in the biomedical research field, as both a funder of leading stem cell scientists across the globe and also with its own state-of-the-art independent stem cell research laboratory, NYSCF plays a vital role in closing the gap that exists between basic research and improved treatments. By advancing internal and external research programs, and by pioneering innovative technology platforms that will benefit the entire research community, NYSCF catalyzes and accelerates the most promising research that will reach patients in the clinic.