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.

Monday, February 18, 2019

8 Weeks to Go

I headed into this weekend's run feeling a bit stiff but overall pretty good following the last run and a lighter week. As Saturday morning rolled around though, I was not looking forward to the 18 mile run nor feeling like I had the energy to make it a solid training effort. Luckily, the weather was good and my teammates pulled me through the first few miles.  After that I seemed to find a groove and managed to complete the run thanks to my running partners.  This coming weekend will be another drop down week before ramping up to 22 miles in a month.
With 2 months to go, we've already raised $12,388 for innovative cancer research at Dana-Farber!  Thanks to the 75+ donors who have supported my effort in honor of Chris this year.  We have a little ways to go to reach our $17,000 goal, but I'm sure that we can do it before the marathon.

If you'd like to donate, you can do so here: http://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/goto/chrisd

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