Hope Funds for Cancer Research, dedicated to advancing innovative research for the most difficult-to-treat cancers, held its 2023 Award of Excellence Gala at Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday, July 15th, raising $300,000 for postdoctoral fellowships.
The Awards Dinner and Gala is held annually by Hope Funds to provide support for programmatic activities and to raise funds for postdoctoral fellowships in cancer research. At the white tie dinner, distinguished honorees were presented with the Hope Funds Awards of Excellence, which recognize outstanding achievements in the fields of basic research, drug development, medicine, patient support and philanthropy.
The Chairs for the event, which included 120 guests, were Mr. and Mrs. Ross S. Cann, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Mullen, and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Van Schaack. The Jr. Committee Chairs were Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Griffin. The Honorary Chair was Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr.
This year's honorees were William C. Hahn, M.D., Ph.D., from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, for Medicine, Nathanael Gray, Ph.D., from Stanford University, for Basic Science, and Alexander Varshavsky, Ph.D., from Caltech, for Basic Science.
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