“…The Stirewalt endowment has also facilitated additional NIH and industry funding for the BRI to conduct schistosomiasis research. Finally, the endowment has funded studies resulting in 4 publications [ 11 – 14 ]. Thus, the Margaret A. Stirewalt Endowed Directorship has been a successful commemoration of one of the BRI's founding scientists, and we anticipate that it will continue to be for years to come.…”