Originally founded in 1884 as a tuberculosis treatment and research facility, the Trudeau Institute today is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research organization, whose scientific mission is to make breakthrough discoveries leading to improved human health.

The Trudeau Institute immunologists are committed to making breakthrough research discoveries that will prevent and treat cancer, asthma, allergy, arthritis, colitis, multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, influenza, and sepsis.