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Jordan Smelski Foundation
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- 1Purdue gets major gift to study brain-eating amoeba▼Significant Gift from Jordan Smelski Foundation will fuel Purdue Veterinary Medicine research on deadly brain eating amoeba
The Jordan Smelski Foundation has made a significant gift to Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine to fund research on Naegleria fowleri, the deadly brain-eating amoeba. The foundation was created after Jordan Smelski died from a Naegleria infection, and it supports research and awareness of the rare but usually fatal infection.