America WABR was founded a decade ago to educate the public on the value of biomedical research for the health of both humans and animals. The past ten years have been a magnificent implementation of that goal.
Biomedical research is a commitment to life.
Much remains to be done. Established in 1988, WABR was founded to educate the public on the value of biomedical research and its connection to people's hopes for cures. Since it was established, WABR has reached over 1,000,000 students and adults at schools and community groups, with education programs and media outreach designed to heighten public awareness of the benefits of research in their every day lives. Wood, twice the recipient of a life-saving kidney transplant operation, stepped in to provide the patient's perspective to medical and health research when WABR was created in 1988. Today, she co-chairs WABR's Patients for Animal Research Committee, which provides patients an ideal opportunity to educate the public, by sharing personal stories and life experiences.