About Me

My Goal: Run the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2019 with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge. Raise $17,000 (or more!) where 100% of funds raised benefit the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research. I run in honor of my friend Chris Davie who is battling brain cancer. I also run in honor for my friend RJ and his continued cancer-free life, in memory of Heather Thomson, and for other family and friends who are or have battled cancer. Together we can help Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reach the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer

Barr Program Impact Statements

Barr Program Impact Statements

Immunotherapies: New Ways to Activate the Immune System—An important area of cancer research asks why the human body's defense systems do not always attack and destroy tumors as they form. Funded by the Claudia Adams Barr Program, Glenn Dranoff, MD, discovered complex regulatory pathways in the human immune system that cancers exploit in order to escape destruction. Reversal of these effects can lead to the development of vaccines against cancer, like Provenge for prostate cancer. This research has also enabled the development of immune-activating drugs such as ipilimumab, which showed striking effects in melanoma in a trial led by Dana-Farber scientists and is now approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

A BIG Week

Wow, so much to update and so much to do so I'll focus on the highlights...

First, a work trip to CO prevented attending the weekly track workout at Tufts and I suffered through a treadmill run for 13.5km.  While it was not fun, I was motivated by the generosity of my latest donation.  Though not as large as some others, it was totally unexpected and unseen.  On top of that, I returned from CO to find a package and e-mail offering more donations for the fundraiser I'm putting together.  Posto (LINK, Davis Sq, Somerville, MA) generously donated a gift card and my uncle sent autographed Bruins items, including a Tyler Seguin card and Phil Esposito hockey puck.  Lastly, I received the donations from the Coolidge Corner Theatre and Aquarium...



On top of the fundraising efforts, I ran the Hyannis 1/2 Marathon this weekend. Luckily the Nor'easter that was predicted for the weekend was only rain down on the cape, unfortunately running in rain is worse that running in snow, at least in my opinion.  We started the race and it was low-40s, raining and windy.  Running through plenty of puddles, dodging the rain drops and and not losing my hat when running into the wind were challenges, but running with friends from the SBS running club and teammates from DFMC made it enjoyable.  Oh, and running a 2nd 1/2 marathon in <2hr and setting a new PR made it a nice run as well :)  Let's hope the marathon training continues as well as it has thus far!






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