STTR Cancer

07/09/2024

I love working with this incredible bunch of people supporting translational cancer research at Fred Hutch. We're scientists, software developers, IT nerds, public health enthusiasts, project managers - but mostly just a group who love our work and contributing to this mission.

This year, I'm riding in Obliteride to raise money for a new team we're supporting - Rare Cancers. I would love your support getting the talented scientists and clinicians we serve the resources they need to carry out their impactful work.

https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/TR/Obliteride/Obliteride?px=1683534&pg=personal&fr_id=1960

10/26/2020

We're hiring! Come work on our team to help speed translational research across the Northwest region. We're looking for someone who is organized, good with people and has n understanding of the processes around human subjects and genomics research.

https://careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/18202/san-coordinating-center-manager/job

Check out our website to learn more about our work:
https://research.fhcrc.org/specimen-acquisition-network/en.html

The Specimen Acquisition Network (SAN) is a network of Pacific Northwest human health-centered institutions supporting researcher access to biospecimens.

10/18/2020

Your Stories by provides guidance & resources to begin talking to loved ones about their end-of-life wishes. Learn more:

Everyone has a story. About losing someone close. About what it was like to have the conversation. About not talking about wishes until it was too late. Explore these stories that others have shared, and if youd like, tell us your own story. Hearing about other peoples experiences can be a good way....

10/18/2020

Soulumination celebrates children and parents with life-threatening illnesses by offering no cost, professional photos with their families. Interested in photos, donating, or volunteering? Learn more: bit.ly/2o0byZd

Soulumination celebrates the lives of children and parents facing life-threatening conditions by providing professional photographs of these special individuals and their families, free of charge. The life-affirming photographs of Soulumination are an enduring, positive record of the child's life, a...

10/11/2020

Lower your cancer risk by taking preventative measures, like avoiding alcohol. Learn more about the connection between alcohol and cancer risk from the National Institutes of Health (NIH):

A fact sheet that summarizes the evidence linking alcohol consumption to the risk of various cancers. Includes information about factors that affect the risk of alcohol-associated cancers.

10/07/2020

One mother has an ambitious goal: raise $1 million for immunotherapy cancer research Seattle Children's. This passion is fueled by her daughter's own battle with Wilms and other families' experiences. Read more about her inspiring efforts:

In memory of Lorne Muller, the son of a family friend who lost his life to the same cancer as her daugther Jane had, Christine O'Connell made it her mission to raise $1 million in his memory to benefit childhood cancer research at Seattle Children's.''

10/06/2020

Congratulations to Dr. Alyssa Webster, the inaugural recipient of the Fred Hutch Brave Fellowship! Funds donated by Brooks Running on behalf of the Brave Like Gabe Foundation will support her work to identify new cures for leukemia:

Running helps Dr. Alyssa Webster to think through scientific challenges. Now, with her new Brave Fellowship, running is helping fuel her science by funding her research on leukemia.

10/05/2020

As more COVID-19 vaccine trials are opening across the country, the Fred Hutch-based COVID-19 Prevention Network is working diligently to ensure there is diversity in the study populations. Read more about their efforts:

Through the COVID-19 Prevention Network's operations center based at Fred Hutch, Dr. Larry Corey and the team are using the infrastructure of the Hutch-based HIV Vaccine Trials Network to drive conversations about diversity and inclusion in trials.

10/02/2020

'We still have so much work to do.' Fred Hutch health disparities researcher Kathy Briant shares her thoughts in response to the inaugural American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Disparities Progress Report:

The American Association of Cancer Research recently released its inaugural report on cancer health disparities. Longtime Hutch public health researcher Kathy Briant responded with this commentary.

10/01/2020

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recently released two reports that outlines our progress in cancer research, while also detailing how we can achieve equity in cancer care, research and beyond. Read more about the reports and related work being done by Fred Hutch:

The American Association of Cancer Research released two hefty reports this week, along with a strong call to action to end the baked-in structural racism that's become a driving force behind the decades of significant social and health inequities experienced by communities of color.

09/30/2020

A new fellowship from the American Cancer Society will support Dr. Nithya Kartha's work in Dr. Sita Kugel's lab at Fred Hutch to identify vulnerabilities and targeted treatments for an aggressive pancreatic cancer sub-type. Learn more:

Fred Hutch postdoc Dr. Nithya Kartha received a three-year fellowship from the American Cancer Society to discover potential targeted therapies for the most aggressive subtype of pancreatic cancer.

09/29/2020

Congratulations to six Fred Hutch teams who were recently awarded grants from the Evergreen Fund! Drs. Kristin Anderson and Lucas Sullivan are among some of the awardees with projects deemed to have partnership potential. Read more:

Drs. Kristin Anderson and Lucas Sullivan are among six teams of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center awarded Evergreen Fund grants to fund early stage research projects deemed to have enough commercial potential to attract future business partners.