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, March 15, 2015

DFMC Training, Poster Making and Fundraising

The last week was a flurry of activity and will continue through March 28!  Thanks to so many great donors and friends, we've raised over $7,400 thus far!  A great effort and well on our way to reaching our $11,000 goal for this year.

To help reach $11,000, 3 of us DFMC runners are having a fundraiser on March 25 in Cambridge at Meadhall.  Similar to past years, we've made lots of donation inquiries and many generous companies have donated gift cards, tickets and more to the fundraiser!  The latest contributor, Cinquecento Boston, donated a gift card covering dinner for 2!  Thanks to Cinquecento Boston and many other wonderful donors for all the great prizes!

This weekend was also busy with our training run and the Patient Partner Poster Party!  For several reasons, I didn't run with the team this weekend but luckily, as a drop down week, I only had to forego DFMC team support for 13 miles.  Afterward, I was able to spend the afternoon with RJ making his poster.  The posters are displayed in the hall outside of the DFMC Pasta dinner the night before the marathon, reminding all us runners why we run and fundraise for DFMC.  RJ's poster turned out great and is just waiting for DFMC to add his picture.  It was a great afternoon seeing all the patients and their families, providing that extra motivation as we head into our final 2 long runs, including a 22 miler on March 28th.


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