The Driggs family has chosen to establish the Driggs Family NTM Research Fund in memory of John Driggs. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a diverse group of environmental pathogens that can, in humans, cause chronic lung infections or more widespread disease in the body. Unfortunately, the current treatment options can be challenging for patients, and side effects are common.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) and Bronchiectasis was established in 2018 to provide comprehensive, longitudinal care for patients with bronchiectasis and NTM infections, to improve quality of life, and to advance both preclinical and clinical research. The providers and researchers in the clinic are international leaders in the field and are actively pursuing a range of research areas to improve care for NTM infections.

The Driggs Family NTM Research Fund will support research to deepen our understanding of NTM-related infections and improve current treatment options for individuals with NTM disease.

If you wish to support this fund through an online gift, you can use this webpage. If you would like to mail a gift, please see below. If there are any other ways you would wish to support this fund, please get in touch with Kara Hurley at khurle16@jhmi.edu.

For checks sent by mail, please make the check payable to "Johns Hopkins University," with the memo line as "Driggs Family NTM Research Fund." The check can be sent to:
Kara Hurley
Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine
750 East Pratt Street, 17th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202