Grantee highlights
The Avantor Foundation works with a number of worthy organizations around the world. We partner with each grantee to ensure their program aligns to our mission and offers an opportunity for Avantor’s associates to engage in volunteerism.
Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists
With the help of an Avantor Foundation grant, Emory University's Department of Human Genetics offered a six-weeks summer research internship to Atlanta high school students in 2023. In addition to general program support, the Foundation funded stipends for 12 participants.
Targeting Atlanta-based tenth and eleventh graders from historically underrepresented ethnicities in science, the STEM-based program included class lectures on genetics, guest speakers, information on college and career readiness, hands-on research experience and field trips to Fernbank Museum, CDC Museum and Microsoft. Each student was mentored by a School of Medicine faculty member and was required to complete a project, that was shared at a symposium during the last week of the program.
Program statistics
- 21 students from historically underrepresented ethnicities participated
- 100% of the students became more aware of STEM careers
- 100% of the students became more interested in STEM careers
- 100% of the students became more interested in studying STEM
- 100% of the students became more knowledgeable about STEM subjects
- Avantor associates volunteered by providing a resume building session and hosting mock interviews to prepare the students for future interviews
Providing Crucial Care for Singapore's Migrant Workers
In Singapore, an Avantor Foundation grant funded the development and rollout of a program providing medical care for migrant workers with chronic diseases. The program is managed by HealthServe, a nonprofit dedicated to providing healthcare, counseling, casework and other services to the country's migrant workers.
Staffed by a nurse experienced in chronic disease, the new case management program provided crucial care to more than 150 migrants in 2023, many of whom may not have otherwise received treatment. Migrant workers often have serious chronic illness — such as diabetes and hypertension — but are reluctant to seek help from their employers for fear of losing their work visas and being sent home.
The program also sponsored Health Carnivals, which provided healthcare education and checkups to more than 1,300 migrant workers.
Grant Impact
- 152 patients were enrolled into HealthServe's nurse-led chronic disease management program, 40 of which were high-touch case management patients (either on insulin or HbA1c >10%)
- Of patients with diabetes, 52% showed an improved HbA1c level
- There was a 10% reduction in blood pressure
- Over 1,300 workers received health education at 11 outreach Health Carnivals
- Avantor associates volunteered at HealthServe's Health Carnivals