William L. Acton

Operates as a holding company with interests in providing life and health insurance, retirement, investment management & reinsurance services

Provides insurance services

Functions as a College/University

Operates as a nonprofit organization that specializes in te training, implementation and certification services

The National Sanitarium Association, founded in 1896, originally focused on combating tuberculosis by establishing sanitaria and hospitals. Both programs fund studies on a range of respiratory conditions, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, lung biology, transplantation, sleep apnea, asthma, and environmental impacts on respiratory diseases. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. As effective treatments for tuberculosis emerged, the organization shifted its focus from patient care to funding innovative respiratory health research. It operates as a registered not-for-profit charity dedicated to advancing respiratory medicine through two main grant programs: the Innovative Research Program, which supports established investigators pursuing novel respiratory research, and the Scholars’ Program, which assists early-career independent investigators.