Varsity Team Rally

Varsity Team Rally 2023

October 24, 2023

6:00 - 8:30 pm

Cancer & Cardiovascular Research Building

Join us as we celebrate the groundbreaking discoveries made over the last 13 years and look forward to the promising research at the Masonic Cancer Center. Your support of the Varsity Team Rally will fund vital research at the Masonic Cancer Center to decrease health disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.

Varsity Team Rally Funded Projects

2011 - Genomic Signatures of Colorectal Cancer (Year 1) - David Largaespada, PhD; Robert Cormier, PhD; Tim Starr, PhD; Patricia Scott, PhD; Arek Dudek, MD, PhD

2012 - Genomic Signatures of Colorectal Cancer (Year 2) - David Largaespada, PhD; Robert Cormier, PhD; Tim Starr, PhD; Patricia Scott, PhD; Arek Dudek, MD, PhD

2013 - Genomic Signatures of Colorectal Cancer (Year 3) - David Largaespada, PhD; Robert Cormier, PhD; Tim Starr, PhD; Patricia Scott, PhD; Arek Dudek, MD, PhD

2014 - Altered Estrogen Receptor/Progesterone Receptor/PELP1 Complexes in Breast Cancer (Year 1) - Carol Lange, PhD; Michael Farrar, PhD; Julie Ostrander, PhD; Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD; Douglas Yee, MD

2015 - Altered Estrogen Receptor/Progesterone Receptor/PELP1 Complexes in Breast Cancer (Year 2) - Carol Lange, PhD; Michael Farrar, PhD; Julie Ostrander, PhD; Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD; Douglas Yee, MD

2016 - Development of a SPORE in Lung Cancer Program - Jill Siegfried, PhD; Robert Kratzke, MD; Abbie Begnaud, MD; Manish Patel, DO; Martin Felices, PhD; Jeffrey Miller, MD; Daniel Vallera, PhD

2017 - Molecular Dissection of PELP1 Protein Interactions in Breast Cancer - Julie Ostrander, PhD; Hideki Aihara, PhD

2017 - Tumor Microenvironment study Using Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists to Inhibit Sarcoma Growth and Enhance T Cell Responses - Erin Dickerson, PhD; Stephen Jameson, PhD

2018 - Brain Tumor SPORE Planning Grant - David Largaespada, PhD; Clark Chen, MD, PhD; Christopher Moertel, MD; Elizabeth Neil, MD; David Odde, PhD; Michael Olin, PhD

2019 - Native American Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Use Prevention Research - Dana Carroll, PhD

2020 - Translational Genomics in Solid Tumor Recruit - Lindsey Sloan, MD, PhD

2022 - Translational Genomics in Solid Tumor Recruit - Lindsey Sloan, MD, PhD