The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation

Atkins Foundation

Founders: Dr. Robert Atkins and Veronica Atkins

Areas of interest:

The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation funds independent research on the major diseases mankind faces today, including:

  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Cancer
  • Heart diseases
  • Alzheimer’s Disease

Notable Projects/Programs:

The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation has funded several medical and health research institutions in pursuit of the prevention and treatment of major diseases. Aside from funding and other financial contributions, the Foundation also gives out awards to medical schools that have provided excellent professorship in several fields in the study of medicine.

Listed below are several recipients of the Foundation’s grants and awards:

Research

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • American Associates Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • CAMC Health Education and Research Institute
  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Duke University
  • John Hopkins University
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Research Foundation of State University of New York
  • Rogosin Institute
  • Sesame Workshop
  • Thomas Jefferson University: Farber Institute of Neurosciences
  • Trustees of Tufts College
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Education

  • Free the Children USA
  • Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
  • McGill University
  • Nutrition and Fitness for a Healthy New York
  • Trust for America’s Health

Center for Excellence

  • Barnes Jewish Hospital Foundation
  • University of California, Berkeley

Awards

  • Columbia University Medical Center - The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship of Obesity Research
  • Duke University School of Medicine - The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University - The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolic Diseases

More about the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation:

The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation strives to create positive impacts on disease prevention and improved health management all over the world. The Foundation started operating in 2003 with a $40 million reserve.

The Foundation also stresses that it is not connected in anyway with Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation is administered by the National Philanthropic Trust, a non-profit charitable organization that functions independently as a philanthropic organization.


Disclaimer: Institutions of Philanthropy is an independent information resource, all rights reserved. Institutions of Philanthropy does not attempt to voice the view of the individuals, foundations, companies, or other entities referenced on the site. For official information regarding individuals, foundations, companies, or other entities mentioned on this site, please see official sources.