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This year marks the 35th anniversary for the Canadian Dermatology Foundation, which, since its inception, has furnished over $3.5 million to Canadian dermatological researchers in the interest of furthering scientific knowledge of skin diseases. At the annual CDF Research Grant awards ceremony in Victoria this year, Dr Gilles Lauzon, (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB) was the first recipient of a new research grant, the "Edwin Brown-CDA Endowment – CDF Research Grant". Dr Lauzon was one of 17 researchers across Canada who were successful in the annual competition for CDF grants held by the CDF Medical Advisory Committee. This new grant is possible due to a very generous bequest of more than $300,000 to the Canadian Dermatology Association from the estate of Edwin Allan Brown. CDA, the national organization representing Canadian Dermatologists, in turn transferred the funds to the Canadian Dermatology Foundation, a charitable organization solely dedicated to raising funds for dermatological research. In 2003 an Endowment Fund was established in the name of Edwin Brown which has made it possible for the first award in his name to be made this year. In Mr Edwin Allan Brown, died in 1987. He had resided in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. His estate was held in trust for the benefit of his sister Evelyn Mildred McQuade during her lifetime and, upon her death in 2001, the estate was then distributed as Mr Brown had instructed in his will. Little else is known about Mr Brown’s personal history, other than that he was a publicly spirited individual who took care of his sister during her lifetime, and arranged that his considerable estate would subsequently benefit several organizations. His will indicated that he wished his legacy to the CDA be “used in research directed to investigating and finding a cure for skin diseases.” Gifts and bequests such as that of Mr Brown, have contributed significantly to the growth of the CDF Capital Fund. With the ever rising demand for support for ground-breaking research into many skin diseases affecting healthy and active lifestyles, such as alopecia aereata, melanoma, psoriasis, bullous pemphigoid, to name just a few, the Canadian Dermatology Foundation strongly hopes to be favourably considered by individuals when they are planning their estates. |
Dateline: Victoria, BC
