Heroes Foundation’s Catherine Peachey Fund Gives Wings to Research Sixteen years ago, Dr. George Sledge asked Connie Rufenbarger, Special Projects Manager of the Catherine Peachey Fund, for a big favor. As a medical oncologist and the director at IU Simon Cancer Center at the time, Sledge had seen firsthand the value of people — breast […]
How does one foundational Heroes Foundation grant make a larger impact? Consider this latest news from IU Simon Cancer Center. Dr. Grzegorz Nalepa, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at IU Simon Cancer Center, learned in late July that he is the recipient of a $330,000 leukemia research grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Only nine new St. […]
Heroes Foundation Board Members got a behind-the-scenes look inside IU Simon Cancer Center labs where researchers, several of whom have received valuable funds from the Heroes Foundation, are working hard toward finding a cure for cancer. Board Member Dr. Jeff Wells says he enjoyed spending time with the dedicated, passionate researchers. “I learned a great […]
INDIANAPOLIS—Team JOEY, a program of the Heroes Foundation, awarded Dr. Karen Pollok of the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research at Indiana University Simon Cancer Center and the IU School of Medicine $40,000 to advance progress toward a cure for brain cancer in children. Nick and Elizabeth Keller spearheaded the fundraising in honor of […]
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