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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Monday, June 10, 2024
Hope Funds for Cancer Research 2024 Award of Excellence Gala at The Elms
Hope Funds for Cancer Research held its 2024 Award of Excellence Gala at The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday, June 8th, raising $300,000 for postdoctoral fellowships. The Chairs for the event, which included 125 guests, were Ross & Leah Cann, William & Fleur Rueckert, and Richard Young & Ceal Capistrano. William J. Kaelin, Jr. was Honorary Chair. The Dance Committee chairs were Gregg & Elizabeth Griffin and Madeline Berwind McDonough. Honored this year were James Bradner, M.D., for Medicine; the Doris Duke Foundation for Philanthropy (represented by Maurine Knighton); Carl H. June, M.D., for Medicine; Nicholas Lydon, Ph.D., for Clinical Development; and Kevan Shokat, Ph.D. for Basic Science.
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Hope Funds for Cancer Research annual Women & Science Luncheon
Hope Funds for Cancer Research held its annual Women & Science Luncheon and Discussion on June 8th at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. The event, “Changing the Game, One Breakthrough at a Time," attracted 85 guests and raised nearly $50,000 for the organization, which is dedicated to supporting research for difficult-to-treat cancers. The discussion highlighted the work of three women researchers, Drs. Jennifer Doudna, Janet Rowley, and Joan A. Steitz, and Dr. Dennis Slamon's work leading to dramatic improvements for breast cancer patients. Event chairs were the late Mrs. David S. Gordon, Gary Jobson, and Drs. Robert Johnson and Margaret Liu. Panelists include Hope Funds Alumni, Drs. Alessandra Dall'Agnese and Johanna Withers, and Hope Funds Scientific Advisors, Drs. Robert Johnson and Sohail Tavazoie.
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Hope Funds for Cancer Research Fellows Dinner
Hope Funds for Cancer Research held its annual Fellows Dinner on June 7th at a private location in in Newport, RI. The event, hosted by Hope Funds Trustee Andrew Mullen, Ph.D, featured remarks by graduating Research Fellows and introduced 2024 recipients of the Chiles Family Research Fellowship the Parks Fellowship. The postdoctoral fellows described their highly innovative projects that challenge the traditional paradigms associated with understanding the causes, mechanisms, progression, and risk factors of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. The Dinner was followed by a Scientific Convening of Fellows, Alumni, and Mentors, on Saturday, June 8 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport.
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Friday, December 15, 2023
Hope Funds For Cancer Research screening of How to Win a Nobel Prize
NEWPORT, RI — December 15, 2023 -- Hope Funds for Cancer Research, dedicated to advancing research for the most difficult-to-treat cancers, screened its recently-produced short film at a private club in Boston, on December 11. The event, along with earlier screenings in New York City and Newport, raised funds for postdoctoral fellowships granted by the organization.
"How To Win A Nobel Prize," directed by Gary Jobson, includes interviews with Hope Funds honorees who won the Nobel Prize subsequent to receiving the Hope Funds Award of Excellence: James Allison, Ph.D., awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in discovering how the body's immune system can be harnessed to combat cancer; William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D., awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the discovery of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability; and Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing. In addition, the film features interviews with four Laureates who won the Nobel Prize prior to being awarded the Hope Funds Award of Excellence, Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D., David Baltimore, Ph.D. and Phillip Sharp, Ph.D.
After the screening, a conversation about the film was held with director Jobson.
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Thursday, October 5, 2023
Hope Funds For Cancer Research Film premier NYC
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NEWPORT, RI — October 17, 2023 -- Hope Funds for Cancer Research, dedicated to advancing research for the most difficult-to-treat cancers, held a small screening of its recently produced short film, at a private club in New York City, on Monday, October 3rd, raising nearly $60,000 for postdoctoral fellowships. The black-tie event included a discussion with the film makers, Hope Funds Trustees Gary Jobson and Andrew Robertson.
The short film "How To Win A Nobel Prize," directed by Gary Jobson, includes interviews with Hope Funds honorees, who won the Nobel Prize subsequent to receiving the Hope Funds Award of Excellence: James Allison, Ph.D., awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in discovering how the body's immune system can be harnessed to combat cancer; William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D, awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the discovery of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability; and Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing. In addition, the film features interviews with four Laureates who won the Nobel Prize prior to being awarded the Hope Funds Award of Excellence, Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D., David Baltimore, Ph.D. and Phillip Sharp, Ph.D.
Since its inception in 2006, Hope Funds for Cancer Research has honored 35 distinguished scientists and medical professionals with its Awards of Excellence for Basic Science and Clinical Development, and nine of these remarkable researchers have received the Nobel Prize. Three of these distinguished individuals - Dr. Allison, Dr. Doudna, and Dr. Kaelin - have subsequently been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, or for Chemistry, in three consecutive years.
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