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We’re proud to announce the two newest recipients of Delta’s grant award, dedicated to advancing innovative breast cancer research.
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.
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
- Justin M. Balko, PharmD, PhD
- Abenaa M. Brewster, MD, MHS
- Jack Cuzick, PhD, FRS, CBE
- Melissa B. Davis, PhD
- Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD, FASCO
- Stanislav Emelianov, PhD
- Prudence Francis, MBBS, B Med Sc, FRACP, MD
- Luca Gianni, MD
- James N. Ingle, MD, FASCO
- Sofia D. Merajver, MD, PhD
- Gad Rennert, MD, PhD
- Mylin A. Torres, MD
- Alana Welm, PhD
News About Delta & BCRF
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.
Starting this month, Delta will continue its efforts to raise money in support of research projects through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.