On June 22, Virginia's leaders in cancer research spoke to a crowd about the groundbreaking cancer research that's being conducted in Virginia! Attendees heard from--
Dr. Gordon Ginder--Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center
Dr. Thomas Loughran--Director, University of Virginia Cancer Center
Dr. Mark Kester--Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the nanoSTAR Institute, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dr. Donald "Skip" Trump-- CEO and Executive Director, Inova Schar Cancer Institute
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, this was a free event and and was open to community members, medical professionals, government officials, and other interested individuals.
We're already looking forward to another successful event in 2018!
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.