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Funding the future: Focusing on excellence through endowments
Earlier detection. Better treatments. More time with loved ones. Breakthroughs in cancer care don’t happen by chance—they’re driven by exceptional faculty pursuing bold ideas.
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Celebration names The Mellen and Eisenson Family Center for BRCA and Related Genes and the Velma Eisenson Chair in Clinical and Translational Research
On Nov. 20, 2025, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute celebrated the extraordinary gift from the Mellen and Eisenson families that named The Mellen and Eisenson Family Center for BRCA and Related Genes.
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Mrs. Maryellen Maguire-Eisen and Dr. Richard Eisen
Maryellen and Richard have pledged $100,000 for nursing education at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to address the growing need for skilled oncology nurses. This generous gift builds on Maryellen’s own remarkable legacy as a Dana-Farber nurse and supports programs led by Anne Gross, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, which empower nurses at every stage of their…
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Philanthropic support advances faculty work
Each day at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, faculty members work toward research breakthroughs, provide care and moments of hope to patients, and strive to go above and beyond in the fight against cancer.
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The Impact You Have Made Possible
Each year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute aspires to provide the care and treatment our patients deserve. We are able to achieve these ambitions because of our dedicated donor community.
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Lubins honored with Dana-Farber’s highest award for transformative impact
Richard and Nancy Lubin received the 2024 Sidney Farber Medical Research Award for their visionary philanthropy and unwavering commitment to cancer science and care.
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Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, honored with endowed chair
A generous group of Trustees, colleagues, friends, and supporters contributed over $3 million to establish the chair and commemorate Glimcher’s legacy.
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Van Allen named to Chandra Nohria Family Chair for AI in Cancer Research
This endowed chair is the first in the field of artificial intelligence to be established at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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The Dana-Farber Campaign: Next-gen trailblazers
The Dana-Farber Campaign established 49 new endowed positions, including support for early career investigators.
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A Message from Melany Duval
Because of your support for The Dana-Farber Campaign, our impact and growth will expand by an order of magnitude we have only begun to imagine.
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