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A gift of fate and purpose

February 17, 2021

Jon and Nancy Wilkins turned their own personal tragedy into hopeful triumph for future patients and families by establishing the Dr. Jon & Nancy McEwan Wilkins Fellowship for ALS Research Fund.

Mackenzi Coker, Dr. Jon Wilkins, Dr. Emily Plowman and Dr. Jim Wymer gather to remember the late Nancy Wilkins. The Wilkinses funded a fellowship for ALS patients, and Mackenzi is the first to work under that funding.

Fraternal Order of Eagles donates $126K to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s research at Fixel Institute

August 6, 2020

Members of the FOE present Dr. Michael Okun with a check to support Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research at UF Health.

Fraternal Order of Eagles State Worthy President Greg Hall and State Madam President Beth Sapulding-Henschen, along with Dr. Michael Okun, the institute’s executive director and the UF College of Medicine’s department of neurology chair hold a large check as part of a gift presentation at the Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health.

Forward motion

January 2, 2020

Inspired by the UF neurology team's work, the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation made a $20 million gift in January to establish the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health.