The Michelson Medical Research Foundation is a private, non-profit philanthropy founded by orthopedic spinal surgeon and inventor Gary K.

[1][2] The foundation aims to solve global health issues by promoting the development of innovative ideas in medicine and bioscience.

[8][9] 2022 grant winners included Dr. Noam Auslander and Dr. Brittany Hartwell of the University of Minnesota.

[10] The 2022 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology was awarded to Dr. Paul Bastard.

[12] 2019 Next Generation Grant winners Dr. Murad Mamedov and Dr. Avinash Das Sahu collaborated on a study, published in August 2023, to identify how gamma-delta T cells recognize and destroy cancer cells.