STAT+: Bill Ackman’s bold plan to transform brain research

The billionaire’s new neurological rehabilitation institute takes shape Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital, is making a new investment into brain injury research.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. NEW YORK — If you’re blind, Bill Ackman wants to help you see again. That is the ambitious plan the billionaire is pursuing with the Ackman Oxman Institute, a new institution in New York City that will act as a hub for brain injury research, including brain-computer interfaces that can help people move, speak, and connect to digital devices through brain activity. It’s a new dream with a tragic backstory. STAT+ Exclusive Story Already have an account? Log in This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers Unlock this article — and get additional analysis of the technologies disrupting health care — by subscribing to STAT+. Already have an account? Log in View All Plans To read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+. Subscribe Disability in Health Care Reporting Fellow Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11.