Understanding the importance of teamwork, Bo felt strongly that this endowed fund should support collaborative research, bringing together various disciplines to see cardiovascular challenges in new ways. This is a fitting legacy for a remarkable man.

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The Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Fund was established by the winningest coach in U-M football history to revolutionize cardiovascular medicine.

The fund supports research awards that:

Push boundaries in cardiovascular research and care
Bring together experts from varied disciplines
View challenges in new ways to foster breakthroughs

Some recent projects include studies on:

The effects of PFAS on cardiovascular health
Why women and men experience strokes differently
A link between cardiac arrhythmias and epilepsy
A new method to accurately diagnose and monitor blood clots

Bo Schembechler at the 1989 Rose Bowl