Boston Children's Hospital Receives $35 Million Donation for Neuroscience Research

Boston Children's Hospital announced a donation of $35 million from Hansjeorg Wyss, through the Wyss Medical Foundation, building on a previous transformative gift from his late wife, Rosamund Stone Zander. With this new gift, the Rosamund Stone Zander and Hansjeorg Wyss Translational Neuroscience Center will expand its translational and clinical research engine, studying a broader range of rare disorders associated with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy. The Center will also pilot and disseminate a new training model nationwide, equipping clinician-researchers with expertise in running complex clinical trials. This new funding will support early-stage research, clinician-researcher fellowships, and the expansion of the Center's capacity to drive therapeutic development for vulnerable children.

Key Takeaways:

• Boston Children's Hospital received a $35 million donation from Hansjeorg Wyss through the Wyss Medical Foundation.
• The donation builds on a previous transformative gift from Hansjeorg Wyss's late wife, Rosamund Stone Zander.
• The Rosamund Stone Zander and Hansjeorg Wyss Translational Neuroscience Center will study a broader range of rare disorders associated with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy.
• The Center will pilot and disseminate a new training model nationwide, equipping clinician-researchers with expertise in running complex clinical trials.
• The donation will support early-stage research and clinician-researcher fellowships, expanding the Center's capacity to drive therapeutic development for vulnerable children.
• Dr. Mustafa Sahin, Boston Children's Neurologist-in-Chief and the Center's Director, stated that collaboration with other top research institutions, patient advocacy groups, and industry partners will be essential to moving from discovery to trial.
• Hansjeorg Wyss's donation will allow the Center to supercharge its translational and clinical research capabilities and share its research and training models.

Statistics:

• $35 million: the amount of the donation from Hansjeorg Wyss through the Wyss Medical Foundation.
• 5 years: the time period since the previous transformative gift from Hansjeorg Wyss's late wife, Rosamund Stone Zander.
• 7 cores: the number of technology cores leveraged by the Center.
• 2020: the year of the previous transformative gift from Hansjeorg Wyss's late wife, Rosamund Stone Zander.
• 2025: the year of the new donation from Hansjeorg Wyss.

Sources:

• Boston Children's Hospital press release
• NewsRx, November 1, 2025.