Press Releases
WOODBURY, NY – At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023, The Lustgarten Foundation and the AACR presented the Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Robert Lewis to Christina M. Ferrer, PhD, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ashley […]
WOODBURY, N.Y., May 9, 2023 — The Lustgarten Foundation has announced that the 2023 Lustgarten Equity, Accessibility, and Diversity (LEAD) Project grants will be awarded to Karyn Goodman, MD, MS, Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology and Associate Director of Clinical Research at Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, for her study […]
Bologna, Italy – On April 3, 2023, Andrew Rakeman, PhD, and Elizabeth Jaffee, MD, attended the first ever Alma Mater Studiorum/Lustgarten Foundation Lecture in Bologna, Italy at the University of Bologna, led by Professor Riccardo Casadei, MD, Chief of the Pancreatic and Endocrine Surgical Division. The lecture entitled “Pancreatic Cancer: The Commitment of Breakthrough Science […]
Over 500 pancreatic cancer supporters united at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 in New York City New York, N.Y. —Over 500 pancreatic cancer supporters united at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 in Manhattan on April 16 for a morning of hope, remembrance, and action to raise critical funds for the Lustgarten Foundation. Since its inception […]
WOODBURY, N.Y., Mar 01, 2023 — The Lustgarten Foundation announced today that two grants will be awarded to Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for his study FELIX 2.0. The Integration of AI into the Early Detection and Management of Pancreatic Cancer with Novel AI Algorithms and Advanced Data Analysis and Alan Yuille, PhD, Johns Hopkins Whiting […]
All Donations Fund Pancreatic Cancer Research MSG Entertainment, MSG Sports, and AMC Networks Hosted Fundraiser at Tao Downtown in New York City Featuring DJ Rumor and the Radio City Rockettes NEW YORK, NY, February 17, 2023 – On Wednesday, February 15th, MSG Entertainment (NYSE: MSG), MSG Sports (NYSE: MSGS), and AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) hosted […]
Devastated by the loss of her husband Kenneth Bruntel to pancreatic cancer, Gail Coleman is laser-focused on funding research offering hope and better treatment options for patients with metastatic cancer. Coleman knows the devastation of a pancreatic cancer diagnosis all too well, having also lost her 66-year-old mother followed by her 80-year-old father to the […]
WOODBURY, N.Y., Dec 06, 2022 — The Lustgarten Foundation announced the awarding of grants to Alison Klein, Ph.D., M.H.S., Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program (CPC) Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for her study Identifying high-risk pancreatic cancer genes using Long Read Sequencing and Laura Wood, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor […]