Delta & Breast Cancer Research Fund

Carrying Us Closer to a Cure
Since 2005, Delta employees, customers and their friends and families have raised $28 million for BCRF – including $3.25 million this year, recently announced at BCRF’s Hot Pink Party. The collective contributions have fueled 560.000 hours of research over the years in the pursuit of eradicating breast cancer. We’re proud to continue our commitment to giving back and supporting each other and the communities where we live, work and serve. Explore below to learn more about BCRF and how you can contribute. Your purchase or donation will make a difference and help Carry Us Closer to a Cure.
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Make a one-time or recurring donation to fund critical breast cancer research. Your contribution supports BCRF’s mission and 250 scientists across 15 countries working toward a cure. You can also donate miles, helping BCRF connect researchers worldwide to advance life-saving studies.

Learn More About the Delta and BCRF Partnership

We’re proud to announce the two newest recipients of Delta’s grant award, dedicated to advancing innovative breast cancer research.

 

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Sarat Chandarlapaty, MD, PhD 

BCRF Researcher Since 2015

Area of Focus: Treatment, Tumor Biology 

Pathogenesis Program Lab Head, Human Oncology
Director, Developmental Research Program, MSK Breast SPORE

Section Head for Translational Research, Breast Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Chair, BCRF Scientific Advisory Board 

Research Goal: Decipher the underlying biology of drug resistance to improve patient response to targeted therapies.

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Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD

BCRF Researcher Since 2008

Area of Focus: Metastasis, Treatment, Tumor Biology 

Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Director, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Professor of Medicine

Associate Director for Translational Research Director for Precision Oncology

Member, BCRF Scientific Advisory Board 

Research Goal: Improve the clinical utility of liquid biopsies to detect circulating tumor DNA and inform breast cancer management.

Additional Recipients of the Delta Air Lines Award

News About Delta & BCRF
Delta flight attendant honored as ‘Unsung Hero’ of breast cancer fight

 

Kristen Manion Taylor, Senior V.P. of In-Flight Service at Delta, honored Delta flight attendant and "survival sister" Marenda Hughes Taylor with the Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Unsung Hero Award at this year's Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party in New York.

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Ways to support breast cancer research fundraising this month and beyond

 

Starting this month, Delta will continue its efforts to raise money in support of research projects through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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