Boston Cancer Researchers Meet With American Cancer Society Top Fund-Seekers.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, l998--Judah Folkman, MD, pioneering angiogenisis cancer researcher will be the featured speaker at the l998 American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, Foundation Trustees meeting being held on October 18 and 19 in Boston. Dr. Folkman's earliest work in developing anti-angiogenic agents to destroy cancer tumors was supported by a research grant from the American Cancer Society. His talk to the trustees will highlight the research focus of the ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. Foundation meeting. The Foundation was organized in l990 as the capital gift and endowment arm of the American Cancer Society. To date over $43 million has been raised to support cancer control programs. "Of all the goals the Foundation has, none is more important to its trustees than adding millions more to the annual research support awarded by the American Cancer Society," said ACS National President David Rosenthal,MD, of Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . Dr. Rosenthal, along with Harvard researcher Dr. Rakesh Jain, will lead a tour of cancer research laboratories at the Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world and the Tufts University Medical School for the visiting trustees so that they can see first- hand how research dollars are advancing the fight against cancer. In addition to Dr. Folkman, featured speakers will be two American Cancer Society Research Professors, Robert Weinberg, PhD of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and John Coffin, PhD of Tufts University School of Medicine The Tufts University School of Medicine is one of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. Located on the university's health sciences campus in the Chinatown district of Boston, Massachusetts, the medical school has clinical affiliations with thousands of doctors and . The Foundation meeting is the second held in Boston which is home to its founder and Chairman Emeritus, Stanley Shmishkiss. Host for the events this year will be John A. DiBaggio, DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S , President of Tufts University and Vice President of the Foundation. Senator Connie Mack of Florida presides over the American Cancer Society Foundation which counts among its trustees Gordon Binder, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Amgen; Sumner Redstone,CEO Viacom; Ralph Destino, President, Cartier Inc; and Diane Disney Miller. The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. For more information about cancer or the American Cancer Society and its programs, contact your local American Cancer Society or call 1-800-ACS-2345; or visit www.cancer.org. For information regarding the American Cancer Society Foundation contact Michael Mitchell, Executive Director, 404-329-7958. |
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