The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center’s designation as a “Comprehensive Cancer Center,” the highest honor an American cancer center can receive.
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,
After many years of engagement and investment with University of Chicago Medicine, the Gerald O. Mann Charitable Foundation launched the Harriet Wulfstat Innovation Fund for Cellular Therapies to advance emerging
Barry E. Fields is a trial lawyer and partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and serves as a University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago trustee. He and his wife,
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center prioritizes “team science,” a strategy that brings together researchers with wide-ranging expertise to tackle complex questions about cancer. Team science can have
The Cancer Research Foundation Breakthrough Board (formally known as the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Women’s Board) has dedicated over 70 years to advocacy and philanthropy in support of
An $11.4 million gift from anonymous donors will establish the Elwood V. Jensen Scholars Program in the Section of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago Medicine. Designed to grow the next generation of leaders in oncology research, the program offers exceptional trainees sufficient resources and time to devote to rigorous research that informs innovations in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Through a new initiative called Lyon’s Way, the Lyon Family Foundation recently committed $450,000 to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital toward hiring a full-time psychologist to support patients
When Lev Becker was four years old, his mother taught him how to play chess, and he won—again and again. Becker began learning to play chess in the early 1980s
Pancreatic cancer touched Bonnie Rothman’s life twice. First, her maternal grandmother was stricken with the disease and passed away soon after. More than 30 years later, Rothman’s mother was diagnosed
