Trendsetter Honorees Ruby Farias, Ronnie Kiefer, Tracey Lytle, Sally Odergard, Diane O’Malley, Lisa Portigal, Kristen Sandquist, Robin Snyder, Stacie Stephenson & Sandra Wilken The Event: An Evening of Trends Gala The Cause: TGen via Trends Charitable Fund Event Date: October 23, 2021 Location: Omni Montelucia Resort Event Co-Chairs: Beth McRae & Oscar De las salas Entertainment: The […]
One year ago, I wrote a column about the work that the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) was doing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything was big and scary at the time. But here we are today, with hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel. So, I thought it would be a good […]
For the Groff family, answers were a long time coming. Kelly and Kevin Groff noticed something was not right with their son Kade when he was 6 months old. They went from doctor to doctor for years, searching for answers and coming to dead ends and misdiagnoses. The Groffs arrived at TGen’s Center for Rare […]
Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, a Distinguished Professor at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, will receive the inaugural American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research. Dr. Von Hoff is being recognized for his groundbreaking accomplishments as a dedicated and inspirational educator, for his sustained scientific […]
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation has issued an emergency $100,000 grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) to support population-based testing of the novel coronavirus in Arizona and to help TGen immediately and dramatically ramp up its capacity to analyze individual samples for the disease. The TGen initiative supported by the […]
The Event: Key to the Cure The Cause: TGen // tgen.org Mission or program funded: Breast and ovarian cancer research through TGen. Co-Chairs: Jan Lewis, Mary Ellen McKee and Lisa Portigal Sponsor: Saks Date held: October 5 Venue: Saks 5th Avenue Biltmore Entertainment: “Best of Saks” fashion show styled by Margarett Merritt with a Zang Toi […]
The 8th Annual Fitness for the Cure, formerly Cycle for the Cure, taking place on Sunday, April 29 at The Village Health Clubs & Spas aims to promote fitness while raising cancer research funds for TGen with this year’s event offering expanded workout options such as hiking, tennis, yoga and a fitness boot camp. “We […]
The internship program offers hands-on biomedical research experience for high school, undergraduate and aspiring medical school students pursuing careers in brain tumor research, neuroscience and neurogenomics. Through the program, world-class scientific investigators at TGen guide interns in the translational process of moving laboratory discoveries along the pipeline into new treatments for patients in clinical […]
