Hope Funds for Cancer Research
The Hope Funds for Cancer Research is a 501(c)3 organization that was founded to encourage investigation of innovative cancer treatment and detection for the most difficult-to-treat and most understudied cancers. The Hope Funds for Cancer Research supports scientific and medical research programs aimed at increasing knowledge relating to cancer biochemistry to help in its prevention and treatment. The Hope Funds support postdoctoral research programs that they believe have the highest probability of success in addressing unmet medical needs. The grant process is informed by a group of leading scientists who compose the Hope Funds Scientific Advisory Council.
In addition to providing grants in the form of post-doctoral fellowships, the Hope Funds honors scientists, philanthropists, and advocates with the Hope Funds Medals of Excellence. At the annual awards gala, the fellows (and alumni fellows) have the opportunity to interact with these giants in the oncology field who often serve as models for their careers and inspirations to their work.
The Hope Funds Scientific Advisory Council
- Kenneth C. Anderson, M.D. (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA)
- William Cho, PhD (Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Hong Kong)
- James E. Darnell, Jr., M.D. (The Rockefeller University - New York, NY)
- George Demetri, MD (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston. MA)
- Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School – Boston. MA)
- William C. Hahn, M.D., Ph.D. (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & The Broad Institute at MIT – Boston. MA)
- Malcolm A.S. Moore, DPhil (Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute – New York, NY)
- Scott Powers, Ph.D. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory – Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
- John Quackenbush, PhD (Harvard University / Dana Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, MA)
- Joan M. Robbins, Ph.D. (Tocagen BioPharmaceuticals – San Diego, CA)
- Takashi Shimokawa, Ph.D (Karolinska Institute – Stockholm, Sweden)
- Frank J. Slack, PhD (Yale University – New Haven, CT)
- Sohail Tavazoie, MD, PhD (The Rockefeller University – New York, NY)
- Robert A. Weinberg Ph.D. (Whitehead Institute, MIT – Boston, MA)
- Bryan R.G. Williams, Ph.D. (Monash Institute – Victoria, Australia)