UCLA Health has received yet another major gift – this time a $31 million commitment from Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg.

The donation is the latest to go toward biomedical research efforts at the future UCLA Research Park being developed in Westwood.

“Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg’s visionary contribution to the David Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA Research Park will have a transformative impact,” said UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk in a statement. “Their generosity supports our acceleration of breakthrough research into real-world solutions – deepening collaboration across disciplines, feeding innovation and strengthening our ties with industry and the broader community.”

Frenk added: “Together, we’re building a stronger hub for discovery – one that brings bold ideas to life and extends UCLA’s reach far beyond campus.”

Of the total, $11 million will specifically go to the donors’ Fund for Graduate Student Support. These recipients will be titled as Ginsburg Scholars or Fellows.

Another $10 million from the gift will create a Biomedical Frontiers Fund, also to be named for the donors. This will support funding for research into what UCLA Health calls “the most promising biomedical investigations and teams” from the university’s school of medicine, quantum innovation hub and the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, which will be housed at the UCLA Research Park.

The last $10 million will pay for capital needs at the research park itself, including for the building out of laboratories and other facets of the facility.

This donation brings the Ginsburgs’ total to $60 million given to UCLA Health.

“Charlotte and I believe that science plays an outsized role in clinical care,” Allen Ginsburg, who is a retired ophthalmologist who completed his residency at UCLA, said in a statement. “Our gift seeks to ensure that the generations who follow have the resources, tools and mentors to continue to advance human health and well-being. The UCLA Research Park is the latest example of UCLA’s focus on generating discoveries that benefit patients everywhere.”

Generous year

This gift represents just the latest for UCLA Health, which this year has stacked numerous significant donations toward medical research and treatments.

The institution in March received a $20 million commitment from the Saul and Joyce Brandman Foundation, which will have its name attached to a new Center for Lung Health. This center will study lung diseases and develop active treatments and prevention strategies, as well as provide training to physicians and scientists.

In April, billionaires Walter and Shirley Wang made a $25 million donation to create a Center for Integrative Digestive Health, which will focus on the gastrointestinal system as a vehicle for treating a broad range of ailments.

The following month, Heidi and Larry Canarelli donated $6 million to support the UCLA Arline and Henry Gluck Stroke Rescue program and an additional $4 million to establish the Canarelli Family Oligodendroglioma Brain Tumor Research Fund. The latter was inspired by their daughter’s treatment at UCLA Health.

And in October, Laurie and Steven Gordon gifted $20 million to expand access to care at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. This donation will support renovations to the hospital’s fourth floor that will add 103 more critical and acute care beds for adult and pediatric patients. This forthcoming Laurie and Steven C. Gordon Pavilion is slated to expand the hospitals capacity by 23%.