The Athens-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $200 million to launch three healthcare partnerships to combat infectious disease and mental illness around the world.

The commitments expand the foundation’s $750 million Health Initiative, which was launched to strengthen access to mental health care across Greece to provide health infrastructure, equipment, and educational programming for medical professionals. Grants include $75 million to establish the SNF Institute for Infectious Disease Research at the Rockefeller University, which will create a framework for international collaborations to advance basic research, translate it into practical benefits for people, and respond quickly to pathogens of concern; $75 million to launch the SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry and Mental Health at Columbia University, which will use precision medicine, based in genomics, in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of psychiatric disorders to improve outcomes and standards of care; and $55 million to establish the SNF Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute, which aims to expand access to mental health care for children and adolescents to combat common barriers such as lack of access to information, insufficient quality of care, and stigma.

“The more we learn about health, the more we learn that everything is connected—physical health to mental health, individual health to global health. This means that our approach to addressing the major health challenges we face today, from pandemics to woefully inadequate access to effective mental health care, must also be a connected one, across disciplines and across borders,” said SNF co-president Andreas Dracopoulos. “We are proud to partner with Rockefeller, Columbia, and the Child Mind Institute to create these three collaborative hubs that we hope will advance our understanding and promote better health for all, regardless of who you are or where you live.”

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