The gift will support two fellowships at world-renowned labs in Stockholm and Toronto where scientists are probing how maternal health and our earliest life experiences can determine sickness, health, learning ability and overall well-being down the road.

Karolinska Institutet, the University of Toronto and other possible partners are contributing to the initiative with the objective to build a research fund of one million Canadian dollars (almost 6.6 million SEK).

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