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The University of British Columbia has received a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test new strategies for the monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia. Preeclampsia Foundation Executive Director Eleni Tsigas has been asked to serve on the Academic Steering Committee for the four-year international research and community-level intervention project called Pre-eclampsia-Eclampsia Monitoring, Prevention and Treatment (PRE-EMPT).