Steven M . Strauss and Lise N. Wilson

The Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson Cardiomyopathy Center was established in 2021 with a generous gift of $3.25 million from Steven M. Strauss and Lise N. Wilson to fuel research on the condition and ultimately find better ways of preventing, identifying and treating cardiomyopathy. The couple also created a match to raise an additional $1.75 million, for a total of $5 million to support the center. The challenge was successfully met in late 2023.

The Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson Cardiomyopathy Center is the first of its kind in the region. With your support, we can continue to accelerate and scale Dr. Adler's important work and leadership in the treatment of cardiomyopathy. It is a new era of health care where his work can be a blueprint for future personalized therapies. With our relationship with local pharmaceutical companies, there is potential for the National Institutes of Health to award grants to further this work as well, meaning that your investment can help secure additional funding in the future.

Dr. Adler is currently working in a virtual incubator, but the center’s partnerships are growing globally, with collaborations with teams in Italy, Germany and Israel, to name a few. Private philanthropy will play a key role in allowing us to drive research and clinical care with the potential to make a real and lasting difference for patients with cardiomyopathy around the world.

To learn more, contact Helen Liu at hliu@ucsd.edu or to make an online gift, click here.