New York City Ballet Fall Gala 2021

 What an amazing evening it was last night. It is fantastic to see everyone out supporting the Ballet. To comply with Covid rules the pre performance cocktails took place outside and I loved getting to mingle with the dancers and guests as they enjoyed the beautiful sun set.

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The Met Opera is back.

How exciting it was to be present at The Met Opera's opening night Gala at Lincoln Center as the official Met photographer. It was a night of many firsts. The Opera was FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES.   With music by Terence Blanchard, this is the first opera by a black composer in the 138-year history of the Met, and the second (after George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess) to feature an all-Black cast.

It was especially great to see so many familiar faces that I have been so missing for so long. To see all the photos please go to  PHOTO LINK

2021 Hope Funds for Cancer Research Women & Science Luncheon at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island

 Hope Funds for Cancer Research hosted their 2021 Lunch at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport RI on July 25th, 2021

The Program featured a panel of esteemed experts discussing the “Virtue of the Road Less Travelled,” which has been the source of some of medicine’s greatest discoveries, many made by women. Panelists highlighted risks they have taken in their careers or in their research that have led to important results. The panelists included a member of the Nobel Prize-winning LIGO Scientific Collaboration, a leading cancer researcher from Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess, and two biotechnology executives whose companies are working on the cutting edge of research. The panel was moderated by the co-chair of the Hope Funds Scientific Advisory Council, Bluma Lesch, M.D., Ph.D.

The Panel was organized by Hope Funds Alumnus and Trustee Andrew Mullen, Ph.D. The Chairs for the event were Hope Funds Trustee Charles Holmes, Development Committee member Patricia Stensrud, and Hope Funds supporter Katherine Dean.

"This was a festive event with an engaging discussion that served as a reminder of how much we had missed being together, in person, to discuss important topics in scientific research," said Hope Funds Trustee Leah Rush Cann.

The organization exercised an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of guests, including holding the event outdoors and limiting seating to 80 guests on the famous Horseshoe Piazza.

“We are grateful for the support of the women, and men, who attended the Women & Science Luncheon, and especially our sponsors Brookline Capital Markets and A4 Architecture," said Andrew Mullen, Ph.D., Hope Funds Trustee, “There has never been a more exciting time to support novel scientific research.”

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Hope Funds for Cancer Research Fellows Dinner at The International Tennis Hall of Fame, July 24, 2021

Last Saturday night I attended the Hope Funds for Cancer Research Fellows Dinner at The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport RI.

Recognized at the event were James Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., of the Koch Center at MIT; Mary Jane Tsang Mui Ching of the Whitehead Institute at MIT; Christopher Pirozzi, Ph.D. of Duke University; and Juan Manuel Schvartman, M.D., Ph.D. of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Named Fellowships announced were the Sakonnett Fellowship to James Byrne and the Parks Family Fellowship to Alessandra Dall’Agnese.

"The Hope Funds Fellows represent the very best of talented young cancer researchers," said Adrian Hobden, Ph.D., Board of Trustees of the Hope Funds for Cancer Research. "Their work will have a positive impact on our ability to understand and treat the most difficult and deadliest cancers." 

In addition to honoring the graduating Fellows, Hope Funds presented the Honorable David Gordon with its Tiedemann Award for Courage.

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Hope Funds for Cancer Research Gala 2021

 Last weekend I attended the Hope Funds for Cancer Research Gala 2021. The Hope Funds is dedicated to advancing innovative research for the most difficult-to-treat cancers, The Award of Excellence Gala, at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, on Sunday, July 25th, raised nearly $300,000 for postdoctoral fellowships.

The Honorees receiving awards were Patricia F. Bilden, M.D. Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D. Melissa Moore, Ph.D. Jedd Wolchok, M.S., M.D., Ph.D. and Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.

"Being together, in-person, for the first time in more than 18 months, honoring these luminaries in the presence of our postdoctoral researchers and donors was fantastic," said Gala Co-Chair Andrew Mullen, PhD. The organization used an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of the guests, including holding the dinner outside and limiting seating to 70 guests on the Terrace and another 30 in the enchanting Marble House folly, the Tea House. “All 100 guests joined together for dessert buffet at the end of the evening, and scientists and supporters caught up on the progress made in the last year," said Leah Rush Cann, chair of the Executive Committee of the Board, “It was a magical evening.”

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