The Healing Power of Compassion
For Kami Maddocks, MD of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, the bonds she creates with her patients go far beyond the call of duty of a doctor and are the most rewarding aspect of her work.
Research News
LRF Welcomes Scientific Advisory Board Chair Sonali M. Smith, MD
LRF welcomes new SAB leadership and members Sonali M. Smith, MD of The University of Chicago (Chair); Ann S. LaCasce, MD, MMSc of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Chair-Elect); and Teresa Palomero, PhD of Columbia University (member)
Meet the 2021 Career Development Award and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grantees
The LRF Clinical Investigator Career Development Award (CDA) and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant Program support junior faculty members and PhD and advanced clinical fellows pursuing research in lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Paving the Way for Innovation
Dr. Christopher Flowers is passionate about working as a team and sharing with others the same enthusiasm for medicine that he has had since the onset of his career.
Lymphoma Research Foundation Funds 29 New Grants Investigating Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Introduces Expanded Research Program and Health Equity Initiative
Investment supports early-career scientists dedicated to developing patient therapies and lymphoma cures.
The Ripple Effect in Lymphoma Research
LRF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) member and grantee Michael Williams, MD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, sees lymphoma research as having a ripple effect. A lymphoma researcher has a much larger impact on the lives of those touched by this disease.
Updates from the 2020 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Widely regarded as the premier event in malignant and non-malignant hematology, the ASH Meeting provided a critical forum for leading hematologists/ oncologists to present their findings to over 20,000 of their peers.
ASH 2020: Retrospective Study Reveals Transplant Potentially Curative for Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) may be a successful curative treatment for T-cell patients with poor survival and/or limited treatment options, according to a retrospective study led by LRF grantee Neha Mehta-Shah, MD of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
ASH 2020: Transplant Increases Overall Survival in Older, High-Risk Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), also known as “bone marrow failure disorder,” are a group of diverse bone marrow disorders in which the bone marrow does not produce enough healthy blood cells.
ASH 2020: BTK Inhibitor Shows Promise in Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Mantle Cell Lymphoma and other Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
Researchers in BRUIN trial reveals promising data on BTK inhibitor in treatment for CLL, MCL and WM