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Jeffrey Epstein and Mark Tramo maintained a long-term professional relationship centered on philanthropy, where Epstein provided funding for Tramo's research at the Institute for Music and Brain Science as described in [1] and [2]. Their association involved extensive communication, including requests for donations for clinical trials [3], [4], and [5], as well as personal interactions that later led to public scrutiny and controversy for Tramo [6], [7], and [8].
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College Campuses Are in Upheaval Over Faculty Ties to Epstein wired.com 13 facts
claimMark Tramo stated that his 2017 email to Jeffrey Epstein regarding newborn research was part of a conversation about funding proposals for clinical trials to enhance brain development in infants in Neonatal ICUs.
quoteIn a 2017 email to Jeffrey Epstein, Mark Tramo shared research regarding newborn responses to their mother's voice, writing: "Was just reading today that newborns will suck on a pacifier more vigorously if it triggers playback of a recording of her/his mother’s voice than another woman’s voice."
claimMark Tramo stated that he was unaware that the charges against Jeffrey Epstein involved a minor.
claimMark Tramo claims he told Jeffrey Epstein 'you're terrible' during their interactions, stating he was focused on Epstein's philanthropy rather than his personal behavior.
claimMark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology at UCLA, has faced scrutiny regarding his past email correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
claimThe anonymous UCLA alumnus who petitioned to fire Mark Tramo criticized Tramo for sharing information about students after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest and for inappropriate responses to prior emails.
accountMark Tramo was advised by UCLA campus police to hold his class on Zoom following protests regarding his correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
perspectiveAn op-ed column in the UCLA student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, argued that the transactional partnership between Mark Tramo and Jeffrey Epstein raises questions about ethical standards in university fundraising.
accountIn 2007, while employed at Harvard, Mark Tramo sent a supportive message to an assistant of Jeffrey Epstein while Epstein was preparing a plea deal for sex crime charges in Florida.
perspectiveMark Tramo described the public outcry regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as 'Guilt by association, shoot first and ask questions later, guilty until proven innocent (which I am). McCarthyism with more than a dollop of 17th century hysteria à la The Crucible.'
claimMark Tramo pitched a two-year clinical study titled 'The Jeffrey Epstein Project for Brain Development in Critically-Ill Infants' to Jeffrey Epstein, which was intended to focus on the effects of auditory enrichment.
quoteMark Tramo wrote in a message to an assistant of Jeffrey Epstein: 'I read the newspapers early this morning. Please remind him that boys from The Bronx (even if they end up at Harvard) have long memories, know all about cops, and stay true to their friends through thick and thin (no less peccadilloes).'
accountIn a 2010 email exchange, Mark Tramo forwarded student inquiries to Jeffrey Epstein, who responded by asking if the students were "cute," to which Tramo replied, "we'll see! (you're terrible!)."
'He was surrounded by smart people': academics in Epstein files timeshighereducation.com 2 facts
Jeffrey Epstein's Emails Reveal Close Correspondence With ... thecrimson.com 1 fact
accountMark Tramo was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein in the late 1990s by then-Harvard Provost Harvey Fineberg, who asked Mark Tramo to sit with Jeffrey Epstein, who was then a board member of the Harvard University Mind Brain & Behavior Interfaculty Initiative.