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Donors’ vision brings state-of-the-art neuroimaging suite to Fixel Institute

May 18, 2023

Officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony May 16, 2023, the 15,000-square-foot Dorothy Mangurian Neuroimaging Suite features four new specialized imaging machines.

Ribbon cutting for the Dorothy Mangurian NeuroImaging Suite and the James W. “Bill” Heavener Clinical Research Suite at the Fixel Institute Campus.

UF, UF Health announce gift and new $75 million initiative to expand Norman Fixel Institute

September 14, 2021

The gift will grow the areas of national and international telemedicine, Alzheimer’s disease clinical research, mental health, traumatic brain injury and ALS.

The Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health building.

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.