A Cure Is Out There
People with Chronic Complex Diseases deserve the right to live full, productive lives.
People with Chronic Complex Diseases deserve the right to live full, productive lives.
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Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMF Canada) was established to support medical research for patients suffering from multisystem chronic complex diseases, with collaboration between patients, clinicians and researchers. We do that by raising funds and applying those funds to research projects conducted at qualified donee organizations, like those listed further below.
OMF Canada operates in conjunction with Open Medicine Foundation (“OMF”), an established charitable organization headquartered in the United States with congruent objectives, and which assists in the administration of the charitable activities and programs of theOrganization. We also make use of the OMF Scientific Advisory Board and Collaborative Research Center Directors to assess research proposals and recommend to the OMF Canada Board of Directors which proposals to fund.
OMF Canada received Charity Status from the Canada Revenue Agency on June 6, 2019. We launched our relationship with the Collaborative Research Center at CHU Sainte-Justine /Université de Montréal on December 11, 2019.
Alain Moreau, PhD
Director
Clinical and scientific intervention studies
Ronald W. Davis, PhD
Director
Innovative, collaborative, multi-disciplinary research
Wenzhong Xiao, PhD
Co-Director
David Systrom, MD
Co-Director
Clinical and scientific mechanistic studies towards discovering new treatments
Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD
Director
Research for biomarkers in body and brain
Chris Armstrong, PhD
Director
Precision research program
Wenzhong Xiao, PhD
Director
From data to disease mechanism and treatments
Lucinda Bateman, MD
Medical Education Director
A global initiative to increase access to knowledgeable healthcare providers and improve patient care.
19 world-renowned scientists
2 Nobel laureates
6 National Academy
of Sciences members
OMF’s international community —
united by a shared commitment to find answers to end ME / CFS and related multi-system chronic, complex diseases (msCCD).
Please help us expand our research efforts across the globe.
Every donation brings us closer to a fully funded research effort and the answers we all seek.
"Our donors want to stop millions from suffering and have come to expect research with impeccable credibility. The time is now to attract the kind of serious investment that will speed up our search for a cure and end these debilitating diseases."
*Qualified donees are as follows:
Donate your appreciated stock directly to OMFCA and you can receive an immediate income-tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities on the date of transfer (even if you originally paid much less for them).
OMFCA sells your securities and uses the proceeds to support our mission. You also do not pay capital gains tax on the transfer when the stock is sold. Giving appreciated stock can be more beneficial than giving cash. The “cost” of your gift is often less than the deduction you gain by making it. In advance, thank you for making this generous gift.
Gifting of Stock Instructions
Brokerage/Investment Firm: TD Waterhouse
Name on the Account: Open Medicine Foundation Canada
Account Number: 20LRHLA
OMFCA Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) charity registration #: 74926 5518 RR0001
OMF Canada Registered Address:
Open Medicine Foundation Canada
2987 Baynes Road, Victoria, BC V8N-1Y4
Phone Number: 416-848-0055
Please speak to your personal tax advisor and then call OMFCA at 650-242-8669 to notify us of your donation or with any questions.
