Foundation News

Health Technology: Tools to Empower Your Journey

Health Technology: Tools to Empower Your Journey After much careful consideration, the Lymphoma Research Foundation has decided to sunset our Focus on Lymphoma mobile app. The app’s final date of service will be May 30, 2025. If you are an…

Addressing Health Disparities in Lymphoma Treatment and Care

Addressing Health Disparities in Lymphoma Treatment and Care The National Cancer Institute (NCI) defines health disparities, also known as health inequities, as preventable differences in health outcomes that are linked to social, political, economic, and environmental disadvantages. Disparities can affect individuals…

Finding Hope and Healing Through Music

Finding Hope and Healing Through Music For Roger O’Donnell, longtime keyboardist of the legendary alternative rock band The Cure, music has always been about forging his own path. “Our band has made a successful career out of turning left when…

Helping Patients With Lymphoma Live Not Only Longer, But Better

Helping Patients With Lymphoma Live Not Only Longer, But Better As the daughter of a Malaysian diplomat and an international environmental lawyer, Gita Thanarajasingam, MD, a hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, had a truly global upbringing. From Kuala…

Where Are They Now? Helen Ma, MD, MS

Where Are They Now? Helen Ma, MD, MS Helen Ma, MD, MS, is the assistant professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the University of California Irvine. When did you become interested in…

The Key to Hope Lies in Research

The Key to Hope Lies in Research When Joanne Downing first noticed a lump in her neck while playing golf one sunny Florida day in 2001, her first inclination was to dismiss it. However, her friend and golf partner —…

Lymphoma Research Foundation Elects Whitney Neighbors to Board of Directors

The Lymphoma Research Foundation – the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to funding innovative lymphoma research and serving the lymphoma community through a comprehensive series of education programs, outreach initiatives, and patient services – today announced the election of Kristi Hendriks of Boston, MA to its Board of Directors.