The University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute has announced a $14 million gift from the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation toward construction of a new facility that will transform the patient experience for people with chronic and progressive neurologic conditions and disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

The second major gift from the foundation in support of the institute will be used to create a new home for the institute and a more streamlined experience for patients, greater collaboration among clinicians and researchers, and educational activities for neuroscience faculty, staff, patients, and family members. In 2007, the foundation awarded $5.5 million to create the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, one of eleven centers of excellence at the institute, which is a collaboration between UC's College of Medicine and UC Health.

"The generosity of the Gardner Family Foundation will help us recruit and retain the best specialists and researchers and create patient resources not available in other hospital systems," said institute director Joe Broderick. "Our new home will speak to our goal of being a community partner committed to raising the level of patient care, research, and education in the region."