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American Association for Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research awarded three grants totaling $330,000 to support the research of Temidayo Fadelu, MD, MPH, Srinivas Viswanathan, MD, PhD, and Alice Tzeng, MD, PhD, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These grants advance research in breast and kidney cancer and ALK-positive lung cancer, with the potential to improve care and treatment for…
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American Heart Association
The American Heart Association awarded grants totaling $478,668 to investigators Yu Lei, PhD, and Gerard Pernes, PhD. The funding will support studies of muscle adaptation to exercise in heart failure and itaconate as a regulator of metabolic disease—research that may advance cardiovascular science and inform future cancer therapies.
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American Society of Hematology
The American Society of Hematology awarded $465,000 in total to investigators: Alba Rodriguez-Meira, PhD (2026 Basic/Translational Research Fellow Scholar Award); Cynthia Hahn, MD, PhD (2026 Basic/Translational Research Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award); Benson George, MD, PhD, and Frederick Tsai, MD, PhD (2025 Research Training Awards for Fellows); and Miriam Osei, MD, MPH (2025 Hematology Inclusion…
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Seth Brufsky, Adam Brufsky, and Naomi Brufsky Waltman
Seth, Adam, and Naomi Brufsky made a $100,000 gift to honor their mother, establishing the Ruth C. Brufsky Fund—a tribute to the Ruth C. Brufsky Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics. The fund supports emerging leaders in the field, helping shape high-quality, principled cancer care. It will also expand year-round medical ethics research through Dana-Farber's Cancer…
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Cookies for Kids’ Cancer
A generous $300,000 grant from Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is supporting Yana Pikman, MD, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as she conducts research to evaluate the MAT2A protein, with chemotherapy and in combination with other drugs. The results will inform clinical trials for patients with aggressive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Pat Chadwick and Norm Cantin
Pat Chadwick and Norm Cantin, along with their families, made a gift of $100,000 to the Young and Strong Program, part of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, and Kristen Brantley, PhD, will use these funds to research young-onset breast cancer, identify high-risk patients, and…
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Deborah Cummings
Inspired by the exceptional care her 4-year-old grandson Harrison received at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Deborah Cummings has generously arranged for $100,000 from her estate to support cancer research and patient services. Through this gift, Deborah is helping advance innovations that improve outcomes for patients like Harrison.
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Myron and Laura Dickerman
With a generous gift of $100,000 to the Laura P. and Myron J. Dickerman Fund for Endometrial Cancer Research, Joyce F. Liu, MD, MPH, and her team will help advance research focused on treating recurrent ovarian and endometrial cancers. This vital funding will support several promising phase I clinical trials that address a critical gap…
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Seth and Melissa Finkelstein
Seth Finkelstein made a gift to support the research of Toni Choueiri, MD, Mark Pomerantz, MD, and Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, as well as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Pediatric Resource Program. His generosity advances pioneering prostate cancer research and helps provide timely financial assistance to pediatric patients and families.
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Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics
The Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics awarded grants totaling $448,000 to support the work of Volker Hovestadt, PhD, Christopher Manz, MD, MSHP, Charlotta Lindvall, MD, PhD, and Alexi A. Wright, MD, MPH, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Spanning rapid epigenomic classification of acute leukemia and AI-enabled serious illness communication, these projects aim to strengthen patient-centered…
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