Chicago White Sox Charities announced $3.5 million in grants supporting five national and local programs that address pancreatic cancer patients, research, and treatment at a White Sox game on June
When Tara Boland was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), she befriended women in her St. Louis community who shared their own experiences with breast cancer. Their stories inspired Tara
University of Chicago Medical Center Trustee Andy Alper, AB‘80, MBA’81, is the chairman and founder of Alper Investments. He and his wife, Sharon Sadow Alper, AB‘80, JD‘84, have supported several
A clinical trial can be a welcome opportunity after a diagnosis of breast cancer. Participants have access to an innovative treatment regimen based on the latest research, as well as
Updated May 2024 Over many years of partnership, University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital and the Lyon Family Foundation have worked to meet the needs of young patients navigating
RBC makes a lasting impact with Race for the Kids Every year, at the starting line of the RBC Race for the Kids at Comer Children’s Hospital, hundreds of runners
Chemistry, creativity, and neural connections inspired Rosabel Young, MD, in her clinical neurology practice and in her support of research into traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the University of Chicago
In September 2023, the University of Chicago Medicine broke ground on a new, freestanding cancer pavilion—a destination facility that will significantly enhance the medical center’s ability to provide transformative research,
Physician-scientists at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital conduct research into some the most daunting challenges facing children and their parents, including diseases and conditions such as cancer
Mindy and Jon Gray, founders of the Gray Foundation, prioritize high-risk, high-reward research projects, or as Executive Director Dana Zucker puts it, “funding early, innovative work.” Oftentimes, she explains, “that’s
