--- title: Ann Romney Brigham and Women’s: Center Studies Neurological Diseases description: Ann Romney launched a center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital aimed at solving some of the world's most devastating neurological diseases canonical: https://time.com/3505666/ann-romney-center/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-14T12:12:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:45:58.506Z article:section: Health og:title: Ann Romney Brigham and Women’s: Center Studies Neurological Diseases og:description: Ann Romney launched a center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital aimed at solving some of the world's most devastating neurological diseases og:url: https://time.com/3505666/ann-romney-center/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ann Romney Brigham and Women’s: Center Studies Neurological Diseases twitter:description: Ann Romney launched a center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital aimed at solving some of the world's most devastating neurological diseases twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ann Romney Launches Center, Says Family 'Done' With Campaigning > Sponsored content. 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On Tuesday, she launched a center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston aimed at solving some of the world’s most devastating neurological diseases. Ann Romney also laid to rest any rumors that her husband might run again, the Los Angeles _Times_ [reported](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-ann-romney-new-center-study-neurological-diseases-20141014-story.html#page=1). “Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done. Done. Done. Done,” she said. “By combining Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s unique assets with the world’s most advanced resources and minds, the center will accelerate life-giving breakthroughs,” the hospital’s president Betsy Nabel said in a press release. Ann Romney said her personal experience with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the work of the doctors at Brigham and Women’s inspired the center. “I know firsthand how terrifying and devastating these neurologic diseases can be, and I want to do everything in my power to help change outcomes for future generations,” she said in a press release. “The team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital gave me the gift of enduring hope and that is what this center is about.” The center, planned to open in 2016, will focus on preventing and curing MS, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, brain tumors and Lou Gehrig’s disease. _Read next:_ [_The Pros and Cons of ‘President Grandma’_](http://time.com/3445666/hillary-clinton-bill-chelsea-charlotte/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3505666/ann-romney-center/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3505666/ann-romney-center/"},"headline":"Ann Romney Launches Center, Says Family 'Done' With Campaigning","datePublished":"2014-10-14T12:12:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:45:58.506Z","description":"“Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done. 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