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.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

More than $1,000 in a week!

It is really amazing that we've raised another $1,000+ for DFMC in the last week!  This is based on new donations and with some company matches, we have a great chance of passing $13,100 this year!  Thank you again for all the support and making DFMC #4 a successful year.

Monday is shaping up to be a good day and hopefully the rain in the afternoon holds off until we finish.  Starting around 11.20am, I'm likely to cross the finish line some time around 3.15-30pm, hopefully.

Boston is getting the blue and yellow out and painting the start and finish lines.  After 1 Boston Day yesterday and the 2 year anniversary of the 2013 marathon, it will be great to be out there on Monday, running for DFMC, running in honor of and in memory of those battling cancer and running in appreciation of everyone's support you've provided again this year.  Thank you again and hope to see many people out on the course!




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