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, March 31, 2016

Fundraiser Success!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our fundraiser last night and thank you to those who couldn't make it but donated online!  We have now raised $9,291 this year and $58,694 over the last 4+ years; this success is thanks to every single person that's donated along the way!!  One final thank you goes to the many generous companies that donated prizes for our event:

Aquitaine Boston    Cinquecento    Abe & Louie's    Cambridge.1.
Flour Bakery+Cafe   Grafton Street    The Local
J.P. Licks FanPage    Blue Ribbon BBQ
CorePower Yoga - Boston    Brooklyn Boulders Somerville    ALEX AND ANI
Coolidge Corner Theatre    Boston Duck Tours    Franklin Park Zoo
NE Aquarium    Charles River Canoe & Kayak

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