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The Leducq Foundation (French : Fondation Leducq) is a private foundation based in Paris, France. Its mission is to improve human health through international efforts to combat cardiovascular and neurovascular disease. The foundation’s principal grant program, the Transatlantic Networks of Excellence for Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Research, promotes internationally collaborative basic and translational research. Scientists supported under this program work together to further the knowledge of cardiovascular and neurovascular disease with an aim towards improving outcomes for patients. Originally limited to investigators from Europe and North America, the Transatlantic Networks Program is, as of 2011, open to cardiovascular and neurovascular scientists world wide. The Fondation Leducq is constituted according to French law, having a self-perpetuating Board of Directors made up of 9 members, and an observer appointed by the Minister of the Interior. Responsibility for evaluating the scientific merit of all funding requests made to the foundation lies with the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), which is composed equally of North American and European members who are experts in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and neurovascular medicine. As of 2015, the Fondation Leducq has distributed or committed more than $300 million to support cardiovascular and neurovascular research. The majority of the foundation’s expenditures have been for the Transatlantic Network Program, which has made 43 awards to hundreds of researchers in 18 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. ==History== Jean Leducq was a French entrepreneur who over the course of 50 years built a successful international business in Europe and North America around the supply and care of linens and uniforms. Shortly before the sale of this business, which included the group ELIS in France, Jean, with his wife Sylviane, created the French Fondation Leducq, which was officially recognized by the French government in November 1996.〔Tancredi, D. 2006. ''Critical issues in cardiovascular research'', Journal of the American College of Cardiology 48(9) Suppl A, preface.〕〔Tancredi, D and Braunwald, E. 2014. ''Fondation Leducq''. Circulation Research 115,419-422.〕 After Jean Leducq died in 2002, Sylviane Leducq carried on the work of the foundation as President of the Board of Directors. She oversaw the implementation of the Transatlantic Networks Program, and the development of the venture philanthropy program Broadview Ventures, Inc. In 2009, Sylviane Leducq was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur in recognition of her generosity and leadership of the foundation.〔Ch. D. (January 2, 2009). "Légion d’Honneur : la promotion du Nouvel an" (http://www.lefigaro.com/actualite-france/2009/01/01/01016-20090101ARTFIG00317-legion-d-honneur-la-promotion-du-nouvel-an-.php). Le Figaro, in French.〕 Her work helped to assure that, following her death in 2013, the foundation would continue to remain true to its mission in cardiovascular and neurovascular research. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leducq Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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